RE: [char-misc-next] mei: me: allow runtime pm for platform with D0i3

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mei: me: allow runtime pm for platform with
> D0i3
> 
> On 1/2/2018 11:01 AM, Tomas Winkler wrote:
> >  From the pci power documentation:
> > "The driver itself should not call pm_runtime_allow(), though.
> > Instead, it should let user space or some platform-specific code do
> > that (user space can do it via sysfs as stated above)..."
> >
> > However, the S0ix residency cannot be reached without MEI device
> > getting into low power state. Hence, for mei devices that support
> > D0i3, it's better to make runtime power management mandatory and not
> > rely on the system integration such as udev rules.
> 
> It still is not mandatory with this change.  The default changes from "on" to
> "auto", but still user space can change it back to "on".
That's correct, maybe better statement would be  'default  setting' instead of 'mandatory'.
I can respin the patch if needed, let me know.  
> 
> The change itself look OK, though.

Thanks
Tomas 





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