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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Subject: Re: community PM requirements/issues and PowerOP [Was:
	Re: So, what's the status on the recent patches here?]
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 15:04:36 +0200
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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 o=
f 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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