Re: Voltage/power domain framework?

[Mark Gross <mgross@linux.intel.com>]

On Sun, Aug 27, 2006 at 08:48:01PM +0900, Ikhwan Lee wrote:
> Thanks for your note,
> 
> > > I've seen quite a few discussions mentioning the necessity of
> voltage/power
> > > domain framework. Is there any project going on? I heard that there were
> > > some activities by Nokia, but I could not find any on the web.
> >
> > There isn't anything formal going on.  However; there is a loose
> > collection of folks working on the "operating point" patches with an eye
> > to defining a lower level interface to enable voltage/power/clock domain
> > framework's.
> 
> I have been following the threads on both PowerOp and OpPoint; however, I
> never thought they would do the job of voltage/power/clock domain
> frameworks. The way I interpreted is that they _need_ the domain frameworks
> so that they could handle lower-level physics better.
> 
> > Do you have some design ideas, patches,  or requirements in this area that
> could be
> > taken into account?
> 
> I have requirements and some very rough ideas. And I was searching for an
> existing implementation or a discussion so that I can find a place to start
> with. Maybe we can start by writing down the requirements. As far as I know,
> the CELF PM Requirement document does not have a section for voltage/power
> domain frameworks.

If you provide me with content then I would be happy to add such a
section or welcome you to edit the public wiki yourself ;)

--mgross