Re: [ugly patch] Save .15W-.5W by AHCI powersaving

2008-02-26 Thread Matthew Garrett
On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 05:42:58PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > BTW we can also save power by allowing the user to choose to disable > hotplugging support. Then we can power down PHYs that are not in use. > > That requires the addition of some policy controls, because it is > user-specific whet

Re: [ugly patch] Save .15W-.5W by AHCI powersaving

2008-02-26 Thread Mark Lord
Pavel Machek wrote: Hi! This is a patch (very ugly, assumes you have just one disk) to bring powersaving to AHCI. You need Alan's SCSI autosuspend (attached) patch as a base. It saves .5W compared to config with disk spinning, and even .15W compared to hdparm -y... on my thinkpad x60 anyway.

Re: [ugly patch] Save .15W-.5W by AHCI powersaving

2008-02-25 Thread Jeff Garzik
Mark Lord wrote: Pavel Machek wrote: This is a patch (very ugly, assumes you have just one disk) to bring powersaving to AHCI. You need Alan's SCSI autosuspend (attached) patch as a base. It saves .5W compared to config with disk spinning, and even .15W compared to hdparm -y... on my thinkpad x

Re: [ugly patch] Save .15W-.5W by AHCI powersaving

2008-02-25 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! >> This is a patch (very ugly, assumes you have just one disk) to bring >> powersaving to AHCI. You need Alan's SCSI autosuspend (attached) patch >> as a base. >> >> It saves .5W compared to config with disk spinning, and even .15W >> compared to hdparm -y... on my thinkpad x60 anyway. > .. >

Re: [ugly patch] Save .15W-.5W by AHCI powersaving

2008-02-25 Thread Mark Lord
Pavel Machek wrote: Hi! This is a patch (very ugly, assumes you have just one disk) to bring powersaving to AHCI. You need Alan's SCSI autosuspend (attached) patch as a base. It saves .5W compared to config with disk spinning, and even .15W compared to hdparm -y... on my thinkpad x60 anyway. .

[ugly patch] Save .15W-.5W by AHCI powersaving

2008-02-25 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! This is a patch (very ugly, assumes you have just one disk) to bring powersaving to AHCI. You need Alan's SCSI autosuspend (attached) patch as a base. It saves .5W compared to config with disk spinning, and even .15W compared to hdparm -y... on my thinkpad x60 anyway. It is also mandatory fi