[PATCH 1/3] ARM: imx: Add common imx cpuidle init functionality.

[s.hauer@pengutronix.de (Sascha Hauer)]

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 11:18:55PM -0500, Rob Lee wrote:
> >>> If I called imx_cpuidle_init directly from imx5 or imx6q init
> >>> routines, it would be getting called before the coreinit_call of core
> >>> cpuidle causing a failure. ?There were various other directions to
> >>> take and all seemed less desirable than this one.
> >>>
> >>> One alternative would be to add a function to return the pointer to
> >>> the cpuidle driver object based on the machine type. ?Functionality
> >>> exists to identify imx5 as a machine type but not imx6q, so I couldn't
> >>> use that machine based method without adding that extra code.
> >>>
> >>> Another alternative would be to add a general platform lateinit_call
> >>> function to each platforms that support cpuidle.
> >>
> >> Just put the initcall into mm-imx5.c and check the cpu type. Then you
> >> also don't have to make imx5_idle global.
> >
> > That solution is currently available for imx5 but for imx6q it implies
> > adding the cpu type support for imx6q. ?Are you ok with that?
> 
> Sascha or Shawn, any further comments on my question?

I don't think we need a cpu_is_imx6q(), but having some i.MX6 specific
hook at device_initcall time can't be too wrong. Shawn?

Sascha


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