[PATCH 3/3] nvme: Enable autonomous power state transitions

J Freyensee james_p_freyensee at linux.intel.com
Fri Sep 2 11:11:19 PDT 2016


> > > 
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > +     /*
> > > > +      * By default, allow up to 25ms of APST-induced
> > > > latency.  This will
> > > > +      * have no effect on non-APST supporting controllers
> > > > (i.e.
> > > > any
> > > > +      * controller with APSTA == 0).
> > > > +      */
> > > > +     ctrl->apst_max_latency_ns = 25000000;
> > > 
> > > Is it possible to make that a #define please?
> > 
> > I'll make it a module parameter as Keith suggested.
> 
> One question, though: should we call this and the sysfs parameter
> apst_max_latency or should it be more generically
> power_save_max_latency?  The idea is that we might want to support
> non-automonous transitions some day or even runtime D3.  Or maybe
> those should be separately configured if used.

I read the spec and reviewed your latest patchset.  Personally for me I
like having the field names from the NVMe spec in the names of the
Linux implementation because it makes it easier to find and relate the
two.  So apst_max_latency makes more sense to me, as this is a
'apst'(e/a) NVMe feature.

> 
> --Andy
> 
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