Re: community PM requirements/issues and PowerOP [Was: Re: So, what's the status on the recent patches here?]

Pavel Machek
2006-09-14T10:17:04Z

Hi!

> operating points it is possible to implement the "cpufreq frequency
> selection logic" in user space and having such functionality in the kernel
> just violates the main rule of having everything possible outside of the
> kernel.

You got the rules wrong. "Keep the code out of kernel" is important
rule, but probably not the main one.

> Paval, plz NOTE, that you don't have lkml in CC on this thread and I
> personally feel that you've brought a really terrible confusion to everyone
> with your lkml step. I'm wondering whether you are braking "no cross
> postings" rule as well.....

Cc-ing lkml is considered okay.

Anyway, please do _proper_ submission, cc-ing lkml, explaining why it
is needed so that me and lkml actually know what is going on. Include
those "elevator pitches".
Pavel

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