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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: Todd Poynor <tpoynor@mvista.com>
Cc: zwane@linuxpower.ca, kenneth.w.chen@intel.com,
	linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	cpufreq@www.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: add lowpower_idle sysctl
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 00:09:13 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040318160913.5915281d.akpm@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <405A29EA.6000400@mvista.com>

Todd Poynor <tpoynor@mvista.com> wrote:
>
> Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
> 
> >>Set some system-wide integer via a sysctl and let the particular
> >>architecture decide how best to implement the currently-selected idle mode?
> > 
> > I'm wondering whether the setting of these magic numbers can't be done
> > using cpufreq infrastructure.
> 
> I'd vote for using Patrick Mochel's PM subsystem and use a standard set 
> of identifiers that are mapped to a platform-specific idle behavior, in 
> much the same way as platform suspend modes are handled today.  For 
> example, strings echoed to /sys/power/idle could be an interface.  If 
> folks are amenable to this I'd be happy to supply a (generic) patch for it.

That sounds suitable, thanks.

  reply	other threads:[~2004-03-19  0:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-03-18  0:31 add lowpower_idle sysctl Kenneth Chen
2004-03-18  1:04 ` Andrew Morton
2004-03-18  3:18 ` Kenneth Chen
2004-03-18  3:28   ` Andrew Morton
2004-03-18  3:40     ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2004-03-18  9:05       ` Dominik Brodowski
2004-03-18 22:59       ` Todd Poynor
2004-03-19  0:09         ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2004-03-19  0:43         ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2004-03-18 18:29 ` Kenneth Chen
2004-03-18 21:59 ` Kenneth Chen
2004-03-18 22:35   ` Andrew Morton
2004-03-24  9:54   ` Pavel Machek
2004-03-23  9:56 ` Pavel Machek
2004-03-25 19:04 ` Chen, Kenneth W
2004-03-25 19:20 ` Chen, Kenneth W

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