linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org archive mirror
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: al@alarsen.net (Anders Larsen)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [at91] Save power by disabling the processor clock when CPU is idle
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:05:32 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1271156732l.25331l.7l@i-dmzi_al.realan.de> (raw)

Disable the processor clock when the CPU is idle.

This saves much more power than merely entering 'Wait for Interrupt' mode.
Since JTAG-debugging doesn't work when the processor clock is switched off,
make it conditional on CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL.

Signed-off-by: Anders Larsen <al@alarsen.net>
Cc: Andrew Victor <avictor.za@gmail.com>
---
KernelVersion: 2.6.33

 arch/arm/mach-at91/include/mach/system.h |    7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)


Index: b/arch/arm/mach-at91/include/mach/system.h
===================================================================
--- a/arch/arm/mach-at91/include/mach/system.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-at91/include/mach/system.h
@@ -24,21 +24,24 @@
 #include <mach/hardware.h>
 #include <mach/at91_st.h>
 #include <mach/at91_dbgu.h>
+#include <mach/at91_pmc.h>
 
 static inline void arch_idle(void)
 {
+#ifndef CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL
 	/*
 	 * Disable the processor clock.  The processor will be automatically
 	 * re-enabled by an interrupt or by a reset.
 	 */
-//	at91_sys_write(AT91_PMC_SCDR, AT91_PMC_PCK);
-
+	at91_sys_write(AT91_PMC_SCDR, AT91_PMC_PCK);
+#else
 	/*
 	 * Set the processor (CP15) into 'Wait for Interrupt' mode.
 	 * Unlike disabling the processor clock via the PMC (above)
 	 *  this allows the processor to be woken via JTAG.
 	 */
 	cpu_do_idle();
+#endif
 }
 
 void (*at91_arch_reset)(void);

             reply	other threads:[~2010-04-13 11:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-04-13 11:05 Anders Larsen [this message]
2010-05-02 20:10 ` [at91] Save power by disabling the processor clock when CPU is idle avictor.za at gmail.com
2010-05-02 22:34   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-05-05  8:05     ` avictor.za at gmail.com
2010-05-05 20:25 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2010-05-06  8:36   ` Anders Larsen

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=1271156732l.25331l.7l@i-dmzi_al.realan.de \
    --to=al@alarsen.net \
    --cc=linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).