Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Fri, 29 May 2009 08:37:16 +0900 | | From | Paul Mundt <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] sched: Support current clocksource handling in fallback sched_clock(). |
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On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 12:41:03PM -0700, Daniel Walker wrote: > On Fri, 2009-05-29 at 04:34 +0900, Paul Mundt wrote: > > > I'm still a little confused how kernel modules fit in here.. Are you > > > saying a user would unload some certain driver which has a pin locked > > > down and prevents the clocksource from working. Then the user would load > > > the clocksource module which would now function, and that all would have > > > to happen in order to enter a certain power state? > > > > > Yes. > > I'm assuming this isn't a low power state, this would be something more > like suspend or hibernate right? > Right, with the amount of hassle involved, it makes no sense for run-time PM at least. So the suspend/hibernate use cases are mostly where it makes sense.
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