From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754698Ab0E2Aga (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 May 2010 20:36:30 -0400 Received: from casper.infradead.org ([85.118.1.10]:46076 "EHLO casper.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751442Ab0E2Ag3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 May 2010 20:36:29 -0400 Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 17:38:52 -0700 From: Arjan van de Ven To: Kevin Hilman Cc: Igor Stoppa , Brown , "x86@kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "Len@smtp1.linux-foundation.org" , "linux-pm@lists.linux-foundation.org" Subject: Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH 8/8] intel_idle: create a native cpuidle driver for select intel processors Message-ID: <20100528173852.0b8389df@infradead.org> In-Reply-To: <1275067652.4507.192.camel@localhost> 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> <1275067652.4507.192.camel@localhost> Organization: Intel X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.5 (GTK+ 2.16.6; i586-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by casper.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 28 May 2010 10:27:32 -0700 Kevin Hilman wrote: > 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? yes. -- Arjan van de Ven Intel Open Source Technology Centre For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org