Re: [PATCH] Force to clear ASPM bits if CONFIG_PCIEASPM_PERFORMANCE is set

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On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 12:54 PM, Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks for that.  In addition to yours, we have the following report,
> which was also bisected to 387d37577fdd:
>
>   https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102311 ASPM: ASMEDA asm1062 not working
>
> The changelog for 387d37577fdd doesn't mention any actual bugs that it
> fixes.  Should we consider reverting it?  Can you shed any light on
> this, Matthew?

Without this commit we disable ASPM on devices that expect to have it
enabled and increase idle power consumption by approximately 200% on
some laptops. Windows drivers may explicitly change the ASPM state on
devices or PCIe bridges, and if so we should be mimicing that
behaviour as well.
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