From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Daniel Lezcano Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] ARM: cpuidle: Unify the ARM64/ARM DT approach Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 18:08:12 +0100 Message-ID: <5503197C.8030105@linaro.org> References: <1425385777-14766-1-git-send-email-daniel.lezcano@linaro.org> <7hfv98vnhn.fsf@deeprootsystems.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <7hfv98vnhn.fsf@deeprootsystems.com> Sender: linux-pm-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Kevin Hilman Cc: lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com, rjw@rjwysocki.net, linux-pm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Catalin.Marinas@arm.com, robherring2@gmail.com, arnd@arndb.de, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, lina.iyer@linaro.org, "keita.kobayashi.ym@renesas.com >> Keita Kobayashi" List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On 03/13/2015 06:03 PM, Kevin Hilman wrote: > Daniel Lezcano writes: > >> There is a big number of cpuidle drivers for the ARM architecture. >> >> These drivers have been cleaned up and grouped into the drivers/cpui= dle >> directory to keep track of the changes more easily and ensure the co= de >> is following the same scheme across the drivers. >> >> That had the benefit of simplifying the code and factor out a lot of= common >> parts. Beside that, as the drivers belong to the 'drivers' directory= , we had >> to split the arch specific bits and the generic code in order to kee= p >> everything self contained. The platform driver paradigm was used for= this >> purpose. >> >> Unfortunately, this approach is now no longer accepted and a differe= nt solution >> must be provided to reach the same goal: one example is the Qualcomm= cpuidle >> driver upstreaming attempt [1]. >> >> In the meantime, ARM64 developed a generic cpuidle driver based on D= T definition. >> >> The DT definition provides an 'enable-method' to specify one of the = cpu >> operations (PSCI, ...). >> >> This patchset unify this driver with ARM32, using the same DT defini= tion. >> >> Thanks with this patchset we can use the 'enable-method' to specify = a cpu >> operations, hence get rid of the platform driver approach and go fur= ther in the >> cpuidle driver flexibility via the DT. > > I really like that these two are unified now. > > Acked-by: Kevin Hilman Thanks for reviewing the patchset. -- Daniel --=20 Linaro.org =E2=94=82 Open source software fo= r ARM SoCs =46ollow Linaro: Facebook | Twitter | Blog