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SubjectRe: [PATCH 8/8] intel_idle: create a native cpuidle driver for select intel processors
On Thu, 27 May 2010 07:14:46 -0700
Kevin Hilman <khilman@deeprootsystems.com> wrote:

> Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> writes:
>
> > From: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
> >
> > This EXPERIMENTAL driver supersedes acpi_idle
> > on modern Intel processors. (Nehalem and Atom Processors).
> >
> > For CONFIG_INTEL_IDLE=y, intel_idle probes before acpi_idle,
> > no matter if CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=y or =m.
> >
> > Boot with "intel_idle.max_cstate=0" to disable the driver
> > and to fall back on ACPI.
> >
> > CONFIG_INTEL_IDLE=m is not recommended unless the system
> > has a method to guarantee intel_idle loads before ACPI's
> > processor_idle.
> >
> > This driver does not yet know about cpu online/offline
> > and thus will not yet play well with cpu-hotplug.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
> > ---
> > MAINTAINERS | 7 +
> > drivers/Makefile | 2 +-
> > drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c | 6 +-
> > drivers/idle/Kconfig | 11 +
> > drivers/idle/Makefile | 1 +
> > drivers/idle/intel_idle.c | 446
> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> Any reason this arch-specific driver needs to be in drivers/idle
> instead of under a platform specific dir like arch/x86?
>
> On embedded SoCs that have never had ACPI, we have our
> platform-specific CPUidle drivers in with the rest of our platform
> specific code.
>

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.
Think of it this way: you're not putting the NIC driver for your SOC in
a architecture directory either...


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