On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 01:10:31PM +0200, Stanislaw Gruszka wrote:
> This patch series try to fix ath9k ASPM. Some of patches are cleanup
> only or do merging common code (with e1000e driver).
> 
> With CONFIG_PCIEASPM it's possible to change ASPM settings on runtime
> via /sys/module/pcie_aspm/parameters/policy . However most drivers
> I looked at assume this setting is constant. I add a callback to pci
> driver to inform about the change, and allow driver to do needed hw
> related changes. Currently only ath9k implement the callback, but
> I think it will be useful for other drivers i.e. iwlwifi, rtlwifi
> that do some own ASPM handling.
> 
> Would be nice to get some testing on patches on different
> platforms with ath9k devices on kernel compiled with CONFIG_PCIEASPM
> (default) and mixing up commands:
> 
> echo powersave > /sys/module/pcie_aspm/parameters/policy  
> echo performance > /sys/module/pcie_aspm/parameters/policy  
> ifconfig wlan0 down
> ifconfig wlan0 up
> pm-suspend
> 
> Cc: Jesse Barnes <jbar...@virtuousgeek.org>
> Cc: linux-...@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirs...@intel.com>
> Cc: e1000-de...@lists.sourceforge.net
> ---
>  drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c                |   31 ----------
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9002_hw.c |   12 ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_hw.c |   12 ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw-ops.h    |    9 +-
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c        |   17 +++--
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h        |   12 +--
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c      |    8 --
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/pci.c       |   88 
> ++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  drivers/pci/pcie/Makefile                  |    3 
>  drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c                    |   46 ++++++++++++++-
>  include/linux/pci-aspm.h                   |    2 
>  include/linux/pci.h                        |    3 
>  12 files changed, 148 insertions(+), 95 deletions(-)

I'm happy to take patches 1-3 through my tree.  But maybe patches 4-8
should go through a PCI tree?  Or at least get some ACKS from the
appropriate maintainers to take these changes through the wireless
trees?

John
-- 
John W. Linville                Someday the world will need a hero, and you
linvi...@tuxdriver.com                  might be all we have.  Be ready.
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