On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 12:07 PM, Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Mark Lord wrote: >> >> For the power-off of unused ports, the current patch still sounds >> extremely vendor-specific (Intel). >> >> Does it actually work (demonstrate, please) on any other hardware ? > > Ding... correct. We need something per-port that's not Intel specific. > > Jeff But, isn't Alan correct that the new logic is useful to some and with a simple boot option is can be used to enable / disable it. So if it is defaulted it to disabled, and the end user is allowed to have a boot option to enable it, you get a reasonable first step for now. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html