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

Pavel Machek
2006-09-14T13:04:36Z

On Thu 2006-09-14 15:03:11, Pavel Machek wrote:
>
> > Pavel,
>
> > > > 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.
> >
> > from aside, it looks like you're choosing 'rules' and assign then
> > 'priorities' in a too arbitrary way which is by a strange accident
> > fits your point of view best of all.
> > May I remind you that Linux world is not only laptops and Sharp Zaurus? ;)
>
> Actually, laptops and zauruses seem to be the only "interesting"
> machines from pm perspective. Then there are Motorola cellphones, but
> Motorola tried hard not to enable users changing kernel... so they are
> irrelevant.

Make that "mostly irrelevant"... as community will find a way to flash
them, eventually. Still 2.6-based machine with more advanced power
management would be nice. AFAICT zaurus are best machines today...
Pavel
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