Messages in this thread | | | From | Kevin Hilman <> | Subject | Re: [linux-pm] [RFC PATCH V3 4/4] cpuidle: Single/Global registration of idle states | Date | Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:06:42 -0700 |
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Hi Trinabh,
Trinabh Gupta <trinabh@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
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> I just wanted to get comments on the design and understand how it > affects various architectures in question. It looks to me as if the > design should be okay and infact better for architectures like ARM > since they do not have different idle states for different cpus and > thus do not require per-cpu registration. Global registration would > work and be simpler; please correct me if I am wrong.
Yes, I agree that the new design is better, I especially like that it's more clear (and expected) that final state decision making is to be done directly in the driver without the back-and-forth in the current setup.
Thanks,
Kevin
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