Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 9 Oct 2014 11:02:52 +0200 | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH RFC 2/2] cpufreq: arm_big_little: provide cpu capacity |
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On Wed, Oct 08, 2014 at 03:37:32PM -0700, Mike Turquette wrote: > It creates a dependency such that any ARM platform that wants to have > frequency-invariant load must use CPUfreq. I don't think we want that > dependency. CPUfreq is a likely back-end for many devices, but not all. > > Consider near-future ARM devices that support ACPI for power management > with no corresponding CPUfreq driver. For example if the CPPC driver is > not hooked up to CPUfreq, platforms using CPPC will not jive with the > ARM arch hook that depends on CPUfreq.
Oh crap no, CPPC will not add yet another interface to cpu frequency stuff.
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