From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932862Ab0E1R2Y (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 May 2010 13:28:24 -0400 Received: from mail-pw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.160.46]:32976 "EHLO mail-pw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755474Ab0E1R2V (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 May 2010 13:28:21 -0400 Subject: Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH 8/8] intel_idle: create a native cpuidle driver for select intel processors From: Kevin Hilman To: Arjan van de Ven Cc: Igor Stoppa , Brown , "x86@kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "Len@smtp1.linux-foundation.org" , "linux-pm@lists.linux-foundation.org" In-Reply-To: <20100527201439.6d0fd169@infradead.org> References: <1274928151-30919-1-git-send-email-lenb@kernel.org> <198450ec1600d9a7f55270dd4d44d6b55bc5b184.1274926772.git.len.brown@intel.com> <87ljb5l9d5.fsf@deeprootsystems.com> <20100527072207.2e783b1e@infradead.org> <4BFE86D4.60602@nokia.com> <20100527201439.6d0fd169@infradead.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Organization: Deep Root Systems, LLC Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 10:27:32 -0700 Message-ID: <1275067652.4507.192.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 20:14 -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Thu, 27 May 2010 17:51:00 +0300 > Igor Stoppa wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > ext Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > > > > it's really inconvenient to have such drivers hidden in the > > > architecture code; it's much more convenient for cpuidle developers > > > if they're all in one place. > > > > > > > why? > > because you have all the users of your API in one place. > That's a rather x86-centric definition of "all". Are you suggesting we move all the embedded SoC specific CPUidle drivers to drivers/idle as well? Kevin