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VFs without native PCIe Power Management (PM) capabilities inherit their PF's power state as per PCIe specifications(§5.10.1 PCIe Base Spec 7.0). Enabling Runtime Power Management (RPM) for these VFs trigger unnecessary driver suspend/resume operations that ultimately perform no PCI-level power transition. Since VFs without PM capabilities cannot independently enter low-power states, the existing RPM workflow becomes redundant: 1. Driver executes full suspend/resume sequence 2. PCI PM transition step becomes no-op 3. VF power state remains tied to PF's status Disabling RPM for VFs eliminates this redundant processing while maintaining proper power management through PF dependency. This optimization ensures VFs follow their PF's power state without superfluous runtime handling. Signed-off-by: Satyanarayana K V P <satyanarayana.k.v.p@intel.com> Cc: Michal Wajdeczko <michal.wajdeczko@intel.com> Cc: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost@intel.com> Cc: Michał Winiarski <michal.winiarski@intel.com> Cc: Anshuman Gupta <anshuman.gupta@intel.com> Cc: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com> Cc: Maarten Lankhorst <dev@lankhorst.se> Reviewed-by: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250812163613.9954-1-satyanarayana.k.v.p@intel.com Signed-off-by: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.