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From: anarsoul@gmail.com (Vasily Khoruzhick)
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 17:56:18 +0300
Subject: [PATCH RFC] ARM: PXA27x: CPUFREQ: Don't use fastbus mode
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On Sunday 27 March 2011 17:50:45 Marek Vasut wrote:
> > On Sunday 27 March 2011 13:09:20 Igor Grinberg wrote:
> > > On 03/27/11 11:48, Vasily Khoruzhick wrote:
> > > > On Sunday 27 March 2011 12:09:21 Igor Grinberg wrote:
> > > > > Possibly, but Z2 is not the only one using PXA27x.
> > > > > And of course you lose performance, unless you don't care,
> > > > > because if it does not work at all, you don't care about
> > > > > performance, but again it is wrong to force all PXA27x based
> > > > > boards to this.
> > > > 
> > > > Ok, that's why I've sent this patch with RFC in subject - Z2 is the
> > > > only PXA270-based device I own :)
> > > > 
> > > > > cm-x270 and em-x270 work well with fast bus bit set with userspace
> > > > > governor and with the above frequencies.
> > > > 
> > > > What about ondemand and conservative governors?
> > > 
> > > I haven't tested those and I don't think I will have an opportunity in
> > > the near future, but is it really important also to test those? Are
> > > they different in any special way?
> > 
> > They switch freq rapidly, so they can be used as stability test for
> > cpufreq   implementation.
> 
> Aren't you seeing a locking issue during the switch instead of fastbus
> problem then?

I don't see any problems with conservative governor. What symptoms should 
point to locking issue(s)?

Regards
Vasily