Re: [PATCH v4 05/18] ARM64 / ACPI: Introduce sleep-arm.c

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On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 03:43:36PM -0400, Jon Masters wrote:
> On 09/12/2014 10:00 AM, Hanjun Guo wrote:
> > From: Graeme Gregory <graeme.gregory@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > ACPI 5.1 does not currently support S states for ARM64 hardware but
> > ACPI code will call acpi_target_system_state() for device power
> > managment, so introduce sleep-arm.c to allow other drivers to function
> > until S states are defined.
> 
> Aside: ACPI5.1 does define the Platform Communication Channel and CPC
> (Collaborative Processor Performance Control). Some details need to be
> fleshed out there for practical 64-bit ARMv8 server systems, but the
> underpinnings and mechanisms are in place in the 5.1 specification that
> can be built upon over time to achieve practical S-State equivalence.
> 
Disagree, S-States are about going to sleep or hibernating, that is
nothing to do with CPU Performance.

Graeme

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