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

From: Winkler, Tomas
Date: Thu Jan 04 2018 - 03:28:27 EST


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