ACPI 6.0 introduced LPI(Low Power Idle) states that provides an alternate method to describe processor idle states. It extends the specification to allow the expression of idle states like C-states selectable by the OSPM when a processor goes idle, but may affect more than one processor, and may affect other system components. LPI extensions leverages the processor container device(again introduced in ACPI 6.0) allowing to express which parts of the system are affected by a given LPI state. It defines the local power states for each node in a hierarchical processor topology. The OSPM can use _LPI object to select a local power state for each level of processor hierarchy in the system. They used to produce a composite power state request that is presented to the platform by the OSPM. Since multiple processors affect the idle state for any non-leaf hierarchy node, coordination of idle state requests between the processors is required. ACPI supports two different coordination schemes: Platform coordinated and OS initiated. This series aims at providing basic and initial support for platform coordinated LPI states. v4[4]->v5: - Addressed all the comments from Rafael - Added support for retention mode(Prashant) - Handled acpi_processor_get_power_info return value correctly(Vikas) - Dropped __init from arm_cpuidle_init - Merged psci prepartory patch into arm64 lpi support v3[3]->v4: - Dropped the preparatory patches that are merged already - Added ARM64 arch specific callback implementations - Addressed most of the review comments from Rafael v2[2]->v3: - rebased against v4.4-rc3 - fixed couple of issues reported by Prashanth and review comments from Ashwin v1[1]->v2[2]: - Fixed support for ACPI0010 processor container - moved sleep state code out of processor_idle Code is also available @[5] Regards, Sudeep [1] http://marc.info/?l=linux-acpi&m=143871041601132&w=2 [2] http://marc.info/?l=linux-acpi&m=144241209800788&w=2 [3] http://marc.info/?l=linux-acpi&m=144906557814813&w=2 [4] http://marc.info/?l=linux-acpi&m=146106902731359&w=2 [5] git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sudeep.holla/linux.git for_review/arm64_lpi Sudeep Holla (5): ACPI / processor_idle: introduce ACPI_PROCESSOR_CSTATE ACPI / processor_idle: Add support for Low Power Idle(LPI) states arm64: cpuidle: drop __init section marker to arm_cpuidle_init arm64: add support for ACPI Low Power Idle(LPI) ACPI : enable ACPI_PROCESSOR_IDLE on ARM64 arch/arm64/kernel/acpi.c | 48 ++++ arch/arm64/kernel/cpuidle.c | 2 +- arch/ia64/Kconfig | 1 + arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 + drivers/acpi/Kconfig | 6 +- drivers/acpi/bus.c | 14 +- drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c | 2 +- drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c | 539 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ drivers/firmware/psci.c | 56 +++++ include/acpi/processor.h | 26 +- include/linux/acpi.h | 4 + 11 files changed, 611 insertions(+), 88 deletions(-) -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html