I am sponsoring the following case on behalf of Gerry Liu. It is a
driver for handling memory power management for the Intel 5000/7300
chipsets using the CPU Idle Notification API's and requests a Patch/Micro
binding.
We believe that this qualifies for self-review, but will change it to a
fasttrack should it be requested.
Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.68 02/23/09 SMI
This information is Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems
1. Introduction
1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
FBDIMM Idle Power Enhancement (FIPE) driver
1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
Author: Gerry Liu
1.3 Date of This Document:
07 May, 2009
4. Technical Description
This case is to integrate a driver for the Intel 5000/7300 chipset
into ON. This driver is a memory power management driver which puts
memory into power saving state when system is idle. This project is
important because several products from Sun are based on Intel
5000/7300 chipset and it will reduce customer TCO by integrating this
driver.
This is an x86-only driver as it is specific to Intel chipsets, and
will support both 32bits and 64bits. The driver also complies with
all driver big rules.
+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NAME | STABILITY LEVEL | DESCRIPTION |
+------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------+
| Interfaces Exported |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| fipe | Committed | Driver name |
|------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------|
| SUNWfipe | Committed | Package name |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Interfaces Imported |
|------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------|
| CPU Idle Notification | Consolidation Private | PSARC/2009/115 |
|------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------|
| dcopy/ioat | Consolidation Private | PSARC/2008/219 |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+
6. Resources and Schedule
6.4. Steering Committee requested information
6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
ON
6.5. ARC review type: Automatic
6.6. ARC Exposure: open
