Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 27 May 2010 17:51:00 +0300 | From | Igor Stoppa <> | Subject | Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH 8/8] intel_idle: create a native cpuidle driver for select intel processors |
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Hi,
ext Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> it's really inconvenient to have such drivers hidden in the > architecture code; it's much more convenient for cpuidle developers > if they're all in one place. >
why?
> Think of it this way: you're not putting the NIC driver for your SOC in > a architecture directory either... > >
That would be a separate chip, usually, which has its own driver.
The SOC has some bus interface and the arch-specific part of it, if any, is in the arch directory.
igor
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