Re: [ugly patch] Save .15W-.5W by AHCI powersaving

2008-02-26 Thread Matthew Garrett
On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 05:42:58PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > BTW we can also save power by allowing the user to choose to disable > hotplugging support. Then we can power down PHYs that are not in use. > > That requires the addition of some policy controls, because it is > user-specific

Re: [ugly patch] Save .15W-.5W by AHCI powersaving

2008-02-26 Thread Mark Lord
Pavel Machek wrote: Hi! This is a patch (very ugly, assumes you have just one disk) to bring powersaving to AHCI. You need Alan's SCSI autosuspend (attached) patch as a base. It saves .5W compared to config with disk spinning, and even .15W compared to hdparm -y... on my thinkpad x60 anyway.

Re: [ugly patch] Save .15W-.5W by AHCI powersaving

2008-02-26 Thread Mark Lord
Pavel Machek wrote: Hi! This is a patch (very ugly, assumes you have just one disk) to bring powersaving to AHCI. You need Alan's SCSI autosuspend (attached) patch as a base. It saves .5W compared to config with disk spinning, and even .15W compared to hdparm -y... on my thinkpad x60 anyway.

Re: [ugly patch] Save .15W-.5W by AHCI powersaving

2008-02-26 Thread Matthew Garrett
On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 05:42:58PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: BTW we can also save power by allowing the user to choose to disable hotplugging support. Then we can power down PHYs that are not in use. That requires the addition of some policy controls, because it is user-specific whether

Re: [ugly patch] Save .15W-.5W by AHCI powersaving

2008-02-25 Thread Jeff Garzik
Mark Lord wrote: Pavel Machek wrote: This is a patch (very ugly, assumes you have just one disk) to bring powersaving to AHCI. You need Alan's SCSI autosuspend (attached) patch as a base. It saves .5W compared to config with disk spinning, and even .15W compared to hdparm -y... on my thinkpad

Re: [ugly patch] Save .15W-.5W by AHCI powersaving

2008-02-25 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! >> This is a patch (very ugly, assumes you have just one disk) to bring >> powersaving to AHCI. You need Alan's SCSI autosuspend (attached) patch >> as a base. >> >> It saves .5W compared to config with disk spinning, and even .15W >> compared to hdparm -y... on my thinkpad x60 anyway. > .. >

Re: [ugly patch] Save .15W-.5W by AHCI powersaving

2008-02-25 Thread Mark Lord
Pavel Machek wrote: Hi! This is a patch (very ugly, assumes you have just one disk) to bring powersaving to AHCI. You need Alan's SCSI autosuspend (attached) patch as a base. It saves .5W compared to config with disk spinning, and even .15W compared to hdparm -y... on my thinkpad x60 anyway.

[ugly patch] Save .15W-.5W by AHCI powersaving

2008-02-25 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! This is a patch (very ugly, assumes you have just one disk) to bring powersaving to AHCI. You need Alan's SCSI autosuspend (attached) patch as a base. It saves .5W compared to config with disk spinning, and even .15W compared to hdparm -y... on my thinkpad x60 anyway. It is also mandatory

[ugly patch] Save .15W-.5W by AHCI powersaving

2008-02-25 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! This is a patch (very ugly, assumes you have just one disk) to bring powersaving to AHCI. You need Alan's SCSI autosuspend (attached) patch as a base. It saves .5W compared to config with disk spinning, and even .15W compared to hdparm -y... on my thinkpad x60 anyway. It is also mandatory

Re: [ugly patch] Save .15W-.5W by AHCI powersaving

2008-02-25 Thread Mark Lord
Pavel Machek wrote: Hi! This is a patch (very ugly, assumes you have just one disk) to bring powersaving to AHCI. You need Alan's SCSI autosuspend (attached) patch as a base. It saves .5W compared to config with disk spinning, and even .15W compared to hdparm -y... on my thinkpad x60 anyway.

Re: [ugly patch] Save .15W-.5W by AHCI powersaving

2008-02-25 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! This is a patch (very ugly, assumes you have just one disk) to bring powersaving to AHCI. You need Alan's SCSI autosuspend (attached) patch as a base. It saves .5W compared to config with disk spinning, and even .15W compared to hdparm -y... on my thinkpad x60 anyway. .. There was a

Re: [ugly patch] Save .15W-.5W by AHCI powersaving

2008-02-25 Thread Jeff Garzik
Mark Lord wrote: Pavel Machek wrote: This is a patch (very ugly, assumes you have just one disk) to bring powersaving to AHCI. You need Alan's SCSI autosuspend (attached) patch as a base. It saves .5W compared to config with disk spinning, and even .15W compared to hdparm -y... on my thinkpad