Re: [PATCH]libata-acpi: add ACPI _PSx method

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On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 23:21 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Shaohua Li wrote:
> > ACPI spec (ver 3.0a, p289) requires IDE power on/off executes ACPI _PSx
> > methods. As recently most PATA drivers use libata, this patch adds _PSx
> > method support in libata. ACPI spec doesn't mention if SATA requires the
> > same _PSx method, but executing _PSx for SATA should be ok I think.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Where/how can a need for this change be produced?
I run suspend/resume test in a Thinkpad R40 laptop, which implements
_PSx method in IDE devices. But I'd say I didn't see visible difference
in the suspend/resume circle w/wo the patch in the test laptop. This is
just to make Linux match with ACPI spec. Maybe this changes other
laptops.

Thanks,
Shaohua
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