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RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] ahci with pm support


  • To: "Lu, Guanqun" <guanqun.lu@xxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: "Li, Xin B" <xin.b.li@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:54:27 +0800
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  • Delivery-date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:56:26 -0700
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xensource.com>
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  • Thread-topic: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] ahci with pm support

Keir, I think we need this patch in Xen 3.3 tree too, and I checked the tree, 
found Xen 3.3 is sharing dom0 tree with unstable, right?
Thanks!
-Xin

>-----Original Message-----
>From: xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lu, Guanqun
>Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 9:33 AM
>To: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] ahci with pm support
>
>This patch adds the power management support to ahci driver.
>And it is necessary for S3.
>
>It is back-ported from linux kernel mainline tree.
>More precisely, the patch is the diff between the commit
>c1332875cbe0c148c7f200d4f9b36b64e34d9872 and tag v2.8.18.
>
>The authorship of the overall changes go to:
>
>=============
>commit c1332875cbe0c148c7f200d4f9b36b64e34d9872
>Author: Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx>
>Date:   Wed Jul 26 15:59:26 2006 +0900
>
>    [PATCH] ahci: implement Power Management support
>
>    Implement power management support.
>
>    Original implementation is from Zhao, Forrest <forrest.zhao@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>    Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx>
>    Signed-off-by: Zhao, Forrest <forrest.zhao@xxxxxxxxx>
>    Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>commit d91542c11f3981768367815cf087ad36e792ea4a
>Author: Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx>
>Date:   Wed Jul 26 15:59:26 2006 +0900
>
>    [PATCH] ahci: separate out ahci_reset_controller() and
>ahci_init_controller()
>
>    Separate out ahci_reset_controller() and ahci_init_controller() from
>    ata_host_init().  These will be used by PM callbacks.  This patch
>    doesn't introduce any behavior change.
>
>    Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx>
>    Signed-off-by: Zhao, Forrest <forrest.zhao@xxxxxxxxx>
>    Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>commit 0be0aa98985dfec42502c0d0af2a1baff9bdb19f
>Author: Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx>
>Date:   Wed Jul 26 15:59:26 2006 +0900
>
>    [PATCH] libata: improve driver initialization and deinitialization
>
>    Implement ahci_[de]init_port() and use it during initialization and
>    de-initialization.  ahci_[de]init_port() are supersets of what used to
>    be done during driver [de-]initialization.  This patch makes the
>    following behavior changes.
>
>    * Per-port IRQ mask is cleared on driver load as done in other
>      drivers.  The mask will be configured properly during probe.
>
>    * During init_one(), HOST_IRQ_STAT is cleared after masking port IRQs
>      such that there is no race window.
>
>    * CMD_SPIN_UP is cleared during init_one() instead of being set.  It
>      is set in port_start().  This is more consistent with overall
>      structure of initialization.  Note that CMD_SPIN_UP simply controls
>      PHY activation.
>
>    * Slumber and staggered spin-up are handled properly.
>
>    * All init/deinit operations are done in step-by-step manner as
>      described in the spec instead of issued as single merged command.
>
>    Original implementation is from Zhao, Forrest <forrest.zhao@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>    Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx>
>    Signed-off-by: Zhao, Forrest <forrest.zhao@xxxxxxxxx>
>    Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>commit 9f5920567bfabbd1be26112a31c44652b6587394
>Author: Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx>
>Date:   Wed Jul 26 15:59:26 2006 +0900
>
>    [PATCH] ahci: simplify ahci_start_engine()
>
>    Simplify ahci_start_engine() by killing prerequisite condition checks.
>    Rationales are..
>
>    * No user checks error return from ahci_start_engine()
>
>    * Code flow guarantees the prerequisite conditions unless the
>      controller is malfunctioning.  In such cases, the driver had chances
>      to learn about the problem _before_ calling this function.
>
>    * Closely related to the above two, driver calls into this function
>      even when prerequisites fail hoping for the best.
>
>    Basically, ahci_start_engine() should only do the operation itself.
>    It isn't the right place to check for prerequisites.
>
>    Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx>
>    Signed-off-by: Zhao, Forrest <forrest.zhao@xxxxxxxxx>
>    Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>commit d8fcd116d203dfe2f6c272d0cd67724b172f1bc2
>Author: Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx>
>Date:   Wed Jul 26 15:59:25 2006 +0900
>
>    [PATCH] ahci: cosmetic changes to ahci_start/stop_engine()
>
>    * fascist-format comments according to comment style used in libata
>      core layer.
>
>    * if() -> if ()
>
>    Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx>
>    Signed-off-by: Zhao, Forrest <forrest.zhao@xxxxxxxxx>
>    Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>commit 254950cd56fee220c9d548f3e57211b95976ba64
>Author: Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx>
>Date:   Wed Jul 26 15:59:25 2006 +0900
>
>    [PATCH] ahci: relocate several internal functions
>
>    * move ahci_port_start/stop() below EH functions.  This makes ahci
>      more consistent with other drivers and makes prototypes for
>      ahci_start/stop_engine() unnecessary.
>
>    * swap positions between ahci_start_engine() and ahci_stop_engine()
>      for readability.
>
>    Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx>
>    Signed-off-by: Zhao, Forrest <forrest.zhao@xxxxxxxxx>
>    Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>commit 5457f2194ad198a0aba4190ec99a6a81846fdca5
>Author: zhao, forrest <forrest.zhao@xxxxxxxxx>
>Date:   Thu Jul 13 13:38:32 2006 +0800
>
>    [PATCH] The redefinition of ahci_start_engine() and ahci_stop_engine()
>
>    - Make ahci_start_engine() and ahci_stop_engine() more consistent with
>      AHCI spec 1.1
>    - Change their input parameter from ap to port_mmio
>    - Update the existing users of ahci_start_engine() and ahci_stop_engine()
>
>    Signed-off-by: Forrest Zhao <forrest.zhao@xxxxxxxxx>
>    Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx>
>    Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxx>
>    Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx>
>=============
>
>Some of the commits above may not be directly related to the ahci pm problem,
>but they lay the basic ground for the final commit.
>
>
>Signed-off-by: Guanqun Lu <guanqun.lu@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>--
>Guanqun
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