| Kristen Carlson Accardi | ca77329 | 2007-10-25 00:58:59 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | This parameter allows the user to set the link (interface) power management. |
| 2 | There are 3 possible options: |
| 3 | |
| 4 | Value Effect |
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| 6 | min_power Tell the controller to try to make the link use the |
| 7 | least possible power when possible. This may |
| 8 | sacrifice some performance due to increased latency |
| 9 | when coming out of lower power states. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | max_performance Generally, this means no power management. Tell |
| 12 | the controller to have performance be a priority |
| 13 | over power management. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | medium_power Tell the controller to enter a lower power state |
| 16 | when possible, but do not enter the lowest power |
| 17 | state, thus improving latency over min_power setting. |
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