Re: So, what's the status on the recent patches here?

Greg KH
2006-08-15T01:00:20Z

On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 07:48:01PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
>
> This adds a whole bunch of new code, and doesn't seem to make any
> existing code any simpler (to me at least). From a cpufreq point of view,
> what does adding this buy us? What problem do we have today that is
> being solved by all this?
>
> Every explanation of powerop I've seen so far dives into microdetails,
> whilst the 10,000ft view has always passed me by other than "this is
> what we've had in the embedded world".
>
> The diagram at http://lists.osdl.org/pipermail/linux-pm/2006-August/003196.html
> also confuses me. I was under the impression that powerop was adding additional
> userspace interfaces. If we're not changing how things from a userspace
> point of view, we're churning a lot of kernel code,.. why?
>
> Clue me in here, I'm feeling thick.

You're not alone, I really don't get it either.

But I guess we'll just wait for the next round of unified patches and
then go from there.

thanks,

greg k-h