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Re: [ath5k-devel] [PATCH v3] ath5k: disable ASPM

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On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 03:26:37PM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
>
>> What I meant was that the PCI config space would already have L1
>> enabled if L1 worked, so I don't see why we would need to nitpick out
>> specifics here. All Atheros PCIE chips should work with L1. The advise
>> given is to disable L0s though. I believe AR2425 would be one which
>> likely had L0s enabled but requires it to be disabled. Not sure of
>> others. But this is why I am saying this can be done globally for all
>> ath5k chipsets.
>
> If L1 is set but the chip is pre-PCIe 1.1 then we'll disable L1 unless
> the driver tells us that it's functional. The .inf from the Windows
> driver seemed to suggest that only a subset of the chips re-enabled L1
> there, but if it's ok in general then that's a straightforward one-line
> patch.

But why can't we just rely on what the device already has on its PCI
config space and only ensure to disable L0s?

  Luis
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