Re: [PATCH v5 3/6] thermal: Added Bang-bang thermal governor

Javi Merino
2014-10-29T09:44:16Z

On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 07:33:39PM +0000, Peter Feuerer wrote:
> Hi Rui,
>
> I wonder whether you've had time to apply my set of patches already? Would
> you please be so kind to just send me a short reply?

The bang-bang governor was merged and is part of v3.18-rc2:

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8264fce6de03f3915e2301f52f181a982718a8cb

Cheers,
Javi

> Peter Feuerer writes:
>
> > Hi Rui,
> >
> > Zhang Rui writes:
> >
> >> On Sat, 2014-07-26 at 16:14 +0200, Peter Feuerer wrote:
> >>> Hi Rui,
> >>>
> >>> Peter Feuerer writes:
> >>>
> >>> > The bang-bang thermal governor uses a hysteresis to switch abruptly on
> >>> > or off a cooling device. It is intended to control fans, which can
> >>> > not be throttled but just switched on or off.
> >>> > Bang-bang cannot be set as default governor as it is intended for
> >>> > special devices only. For those special devices the driver needs to
> >>> > explicitely request it.
> >>> >
> >>> > Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> >>> > Cc: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
> >>>
> >>> Anything that prevents you from giving your acked-by?
> >>>
> >> NO.
> >>
> >> I'll queue them for 3.18.
> >
> > Are all 6 patches in for 3.18 as you promissed?
> >
> > kind regards,
> > --peter;
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