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From: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] cpufreq: Disallow ->resolve_freq() for drivers
 providing ->target_index()
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 14:09:19 -0700
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On 22-07-16, 23:11, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> No, they aren't deprecated, not even sort of.
> 
> Of course, stuff that can use frequency tables should implement ->target_index,
> because there's no valid reason for it not to do that.
> 
> However, there are cases (and not legacy) where frequency tables are simply
> impractical and those drivers have no choice but to implement ->target.
> 
> And if you want to try to force them into the frequency tables model
> regardless, then think twice, because I'm not going to let you do that.

No I am not :)

Perhaps this was just mis-worded in the Documentation then.

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viresh