From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Gross Subject: Re: Voltage/power domain framework? Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:24:46 -0700 Message-ID: <20060828202446.GA26848@linux.intel.com> References: <002101c6c81b$2c61ffd0$4686190c@dsn.sec.samsung.com> <20060825180017.GA7636@linux.intel.com> <00c701c6c9ce$a721bd50$4686190c@dsn.sec.samsung.com> Reply-To: mgross@linux.intel.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <00c701c6c9ce$a721bd50$4686190c@dsn.sec.samsung.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-pm-bounces@lists.osdl.org Errors-To: linux-pm-bounces@lists.osdl.org To: Ikhwan Lee Cc: linux-pm@lists.osdl.org List-Id: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org 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 w= ere > > > 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 framewor= ks > so that they could handle lower-level physics better. > = > > Do you have some design ideas, patches, or requirements in this area t= hat > 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 sta= rt > with. Maybe we can start by writing down the requirements. As far as I kn= ow, > 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