Re: [PATCH 2/3] ata: ahci: Rename module parameter for lpm policy

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Wed May 25 2022 - 05:08:10 EST


On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 12:05:07PM -0500, Mario Limonciello wrote:
> The LPM policy is applied to more chipsets than just mobile designs.
> Update the module parameter to drop the word "mobile" to make this
> clearer to users.
>
> Also, document this renamed parameter in the admin-guide for users
> as it was missing previously.

Even if the name is confusing I don't think we should rename it as
that breaks existing setups. I think just updating the documentation
is good enough, but if you feel strongly we can just add the new name
while keeping the old one as an alias.