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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@stratus.com>,
	Myron Stowe <myron.stowe@redhat.com>,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>,
	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>,
	Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com>,
	Carolyn Wyborny <carolyn.wyborny@intel.com>,
	Don Skidmore <donald.c.skidmore@intel.com>,
	Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@intel.com>,
	Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com>,
	Alex Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com>,
	John Ronciak <john.ronciak@intel.com>,
	Tushar Dave <tushar.n.dave@intel.com>,
	"e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net" 
	<e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: /sys/module/pcie_aspm/parameters/policy not writable?
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 22:00:09 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130801200008.GA5495@amd.pavel.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAErSpo4XrJL48boVNiEb-7Y=52Bx_79hqP909ayLOdm7we_m3Q@mail.gmail.com>

Hi!

> > But since the problem also occurs with Windows, it's pretty likely
> > that there's a BIOS update to fix it.  I notice on the X60 support
> > page that there are several versions newer than what you're running.
> 
> Do you have any interest in trying a newer BIOS to see if it's fixed
> there?  If not, I understand; BIOS updates are a hassle at best.
> You're running BIOS 2.14, and it looks like the current BIOS for an
> X60 1709 7HU is 2.19 (from http://support.lenovo.com).

I'm lost at the lenovo pages :-(. And frankly I'd prefer not to touch
the BIOS.

> Carolyn's patch will likely work, at least most of the time, but I
> think there's a small possibility that it could cause a conflict
> between the BIOS and the OS over ASPM control, so I'm not 100% in
> support of that approach.  A conflict may not happen on your
> machine,

Can we base it on DMI  whitelist?
									Pavel
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-08-01 20:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-07-09  1:26 Pavel Machek
2013-07-09  4:13 ` Greg KH
2013-07-09  9:14   ` Pavel Machek
2013-07-09  9:49   ` Pavel Machek
2013-07-09 10:10     ` Pavel Machek
2013-07-09 16:25       ` Bjorn Helgaas
2013-07-10 13:29         ` Pavel Machek
2013-07-10 19:57           ` Bjorn Helgaas
2013-07-10 22:21             ` Wyborny, Carolyn
2013-07-10 22:57               ` Bjorn Helgaas
2013-07-11 17:45                 ` Wyborny, Carolyn
2013-07-12 11:52                 ` Pavel Machek
2013-07-12 11:03             ` Pavel Machek
2013-07-12 11:11             ` Pavel Machek
2013-07-19 17:46               ` Bjorn Helgaas
2013-07-24 15:19                 ` Wyborny, Carolyn
2013-07-28 13:51                   ` Pavel Machek
2013-08-01 14:55                     ` Wyborny, Carolyn
2013-08-01 15:55                     ` Wyborny, Carolyn
2013-08-02  0:39                       ` Pavel Machek
2013-08-02 14:58                         ` Wyborny, Carolyn
2013-07-31 23:53                 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2013-08-01 14:57                   ` Wyborny, Carolyn
2013-08-01 19:33                     ` Bjorn Helgaas
2013-08-01 20:00                   ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2013-08-01 20:27                     ` Bjorn Helgaas
2013-08-02  1:02                       ` Pavel Machek
2013-08-02  2:13                       ` Pavel Machek
2013-08-02 13:48                         ` Bjorn Helgaas
2013-08-01  6:19             ` Jeff Kirsher
2013-07-09 16:37     ` Greg KH
2013-07-09 17:15       ` Pavel Machek
2013-07-10  4:24     ` Robert Hancock

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