From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Burakov, Anatoly" Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] libs/power: add p-state driver compatibility Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 09:25:18 +0000 Message-ID: <636b6d77-c9d1-8ae7-7999-11e03bf645c8@intel.com> References: <1544786028-10138-1-git-send-email-liang.j.ma@intel.com> <2602247.RKfj1taVKr@xps> <96158e0f-6454-2e5c-f843-cb91221ed304@intel.com> <1867163.ZjDIE9iX7y@xps> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: dev@dpdk.org To: Thomas Monjalon , "Hunt, David" , Liang Ma Return-path: Received: from mga17.intel.com (mga17.intel.com [192.55.52.151]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 993891B9C1 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2018 10:25:21 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <1867163.ZjDIE9iX7y@xps> Content-Language: en-US List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" On 19-Dec-18 8:31 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 19/12/2018 10:09, Hunt, David: >> On 19/12/2018 3:18 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: >>> 14/12/2018 14:11, Liang Ma: >>>> Previously, in order to use the power library, it was necessary >>>> for the user to disable the intel_pstate driver by adding >>>> “intel_pstate=disable” to the kernel command line for the system, >>>> which causes the acpi_cpufreq driver to be loaded in its place. >>>> >>>> This patch adds the ability for the power library use the intel-pstate >>>> driver. >>>> >>>> It adds a new suite of functions behind the current power library API, >>>> and will seamlessly set up the user facing API function pointers to >>>> the relevant functions depending on whether the system is running with >>>> acpi_cpufreq kernel driver, intel_pstate kernel driver or in a guest, >>>> using kvm. The library API and ABI is unchanged. >>>> >>>> Signed-off-by: Liang Ma >>>> >>>> Reviewed-by: Anatoly Burakov >>>> --- >>> Please write a changelog when sending a new version. >>> >>> Dave, any comment on this patch? >> >> >> Looks good to me. >> >> Acked-by: David Hunt >> >> >>>> --- /dev/null >>>> +++ b/lib/librte_power/power_pstate_cpufreq.c >>>> @@ -0,0 +1,770 @@ >>>> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause >>>> + * Copyright(c) 2018-2018 Intel Corporation >>> Something wrong here :) >> >> Yes, should simply be "Copyright(c) 2018 Intel Corporation" > > > There is also a compilation error with meson: > > lib/librte_power/rte_power_empty_poll.h:20:10: fatal error: > rte_timer.h: No such file or directory That's an EAL header, and this file was not modified or referenced in this commit. This sounds like a pre-existing problem (with meson build-system?), not related to the patchset. Is this library not built by default by our patch compilation CI? > > Clearly, some quality checks are missing. > > I'm afraid we won't have any patch for power library in 19.02. > > > -- Thanks, Anatoly