On Thu, 26 Jun 2014, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote: > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 04:56:02PM +0100, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > > On Wed, 25 Jun 2014, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote: > > > > > ARM based platforms implement a variety of power management schemes that > > > allow processors to enter idle states at run-time. > > > The parameters defining these idle states vary on a per-platform basis forcing > > > the OS to hardcode the state parameters in platform specific static tables > > > whose size grows as the number of platforms supported in the kernel increases > > > and hampers device drivers standardization. > > > > > > Therefore, this patch aims at standardizing idle state device tree bindings for > > > ARM platforms. Bindings define idle state parameters inclusive of entry methods > > > and state latencies, to allow operating systems to retrieve the configuration > > > entries from the device tree and initialize the related power management > > > drivers, paving the way for common code in the kernel to deal with idle > > > states and removing the need for static data in current and previous kernel > > > versions. > > > > > > Reviewed-by: Sebastian Capella <sebcape@xxxxxxxxx> > > > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@xxxxxxx> > > > > Excellent. > > > > Reviewed-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Thanks Nico, there are still a couple of niggles to sort out (ie local > timer state), but the bulk of the document should be complete I hope. > > I will postpone adding your (and Seb's) Reviewed-by until we have a > final agreement if it is ok with you. As you wish. The parts I care about are now well covered. I don't think I know enough about timers to comment further. Nicolas -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
