From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757885Ab0E0Orw (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 May 2010 10:47:52 -0400 Received: from smtp.nokia.com ([192.100.105.134]:42141 "EHLO mgw-mx09.nokia.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755683Ab0E0Orv (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 May 2010 10:47:51 -0400 Message-ID: <4BFE86D4.60602@nokia.com> Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 17:51:00 +0300 From: Igor Stoppa User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20091109) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ext Arjan van de Ven CC: Kevin Hilman , 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 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> In-Reply-To: <20100527072207.2e783b1e@infradead.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 27 May 2010 14:28:00.0061 (UTC) FILETIME=[CEE026D0:01CAFDA8] X-Nokia-AV: Clean Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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? > Think of it this way: you're not putting the NIC driver for your SOC in > a architecture directory either... > > That would be a separate chip, usually, which has its own driver. The SOC has some bus interface and the arch-specific part of it, if any, is in the arch directory. igor