From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: rcochran@linutronix.de Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/idle: make intel_idle.c driver more explicitly non-modular Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 09:33:12 +0200 Message-ID: <20160405073312.GA30124@linutronix.de> References: <1459099777-4962-1-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> <20160404195535.GQ1778@windriver.com> <20160405031152.GA22836@linutronix.de> <1A7043D5F58CCB44A599DFD55ED4C94846A1C854@fmsmsx115.amr.corp.intel.com> <20160405043017.GA24357@linutronix.de> <1A7043D5F58CCB44A599DFD55ED4C94846A1CD40@fmsmsx115.amr.corp.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from www.linutronix.de ([62.245.132.108]:36828 "EHLO Galois.linutronix.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751785AbcDEHdW (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Apr 2016 03:33:22 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1A7043D5F58CCB44A599DFD55ED4C94846A1CD40@fmsmsx115.amr.corp.intel.com> Sender: linux-pm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org To: "Brown, Len" Cc: "Gortmaker, Paul (Wind River)" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Len Brown , "linux-pm@vger.kernel.org" On Tue, Apr 05, 2016 at 05:53:47AM +0000, Brown, Len wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 05, 2016 at 04:20:47AM +0000, Brown, Len wrote: > > > No, I do not believe that cpuidle should bother > > > supporting changing idle drivers at run-time. > > > > Huh? But you just said, "it would be good to be able to unload it > > when it doesn't probe." > > being able to switch the registered driver at run-time > does not require the driver to be modular. Uh, right, but you don't think that the cpuidle core should allow changing drivers. If it doesn't allowing changing drivers, then there would be just one choice, compiled in, and thus none of the drivers should be modular. Or what do you mean? Confused, Richard