> For the ACPI case, I still think that an AML call from the AHCI driver > is the most logical solution. You mentioned that you believe that calling > into the AML interpreter up to 100 times per second is a noticeable > overhead, but I doubt that and would like to see actual number backing > that up. Note that most of the time, the status of the LEDs won't even > change, so the driver does not have to call into the AML while I/O > is in progress, or while it is stopped, only for the transition or in > case of locate and fault events that should be extremely rare. It can also be delayed - you don't need to adjust the LED at any great rate - it's for a human not a machine to read. Alan -- 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
