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+/*
+ * PowerOP core definitions
+ *
+ * Author: Todd Poynor <tpoynor@mvista.com>
+ * Interface update by Eugeny S. Mints <eugeny.mints@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * 2005 (c) MontaVista Software, Inc. This file is licensed under
+ * the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2. This program
+ * is licensed "as is" without any warranty of any kind, whether express
+ * or implied.
+ */
+#ifndef __POWEROP_H__
+#define __POWEROP_H__
+
+struct powerop_named_op {
+	struct kobject  kobj;   /* hook to reference an op by a name */
+	void           *md_opt; /* arch dependent set of power parameters */
+};
+
+struct powerop_driver {
+	char *name;
+	int (*set_point)(void *md_opt);
+	int (*get_point)(void *md_opt);
+};
+
+/* Interface to upper PMF layers */
+int powerop_set_point(powerop_named_op *opt);
+int powerop_get_point(powerop_named_op *opt);
+
+/* Interface to an arch PM core */
+int powerop_driver_register(struct powerop_driver *p);
+void powerop_driver_unregister(struct powerop_driver *p);
+
+/* Interface to handle named OP by PowerOP core layer */
+int powerop_register_point(const char *id, void *md_opt);
+int powerop_unregister_point(const char *id);
+int powerop_select_point(const char *id);
+
+#endif /* __POWEROP_H__ */
+