Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 19 Jun 2010 21:49:37 +0200 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 09/12] irq: implement IRQ expecting |
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> Here we have the opportunity to get real good information.. we KNOW > now an interrupt is coming, and we can even estimate how long it'll > be... Even for the first few after a long time, before a pattern > emerges.
Ok but I thought the driver would just fill in a single number likely. Is that really that good information?
Alternatively each driver would need to implement some dynamic estimation algorithm, but that would be just mostly equivalent to having it all in the idle governour?
-Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
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