* Arun R Bharadwaj <arun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2009-10-06 20:54:21]: > Hi > > Please consider this for inclusion into the testing tree. > > This patchset introduces cpuidle infrastructure to POWER, prototyping > for pSeries, and also does a major refactoring of current x86 idle > power management and a cleanup of cpuidle infrastructure. > > Earlier discussions on the same can be found at: > > v6 --> http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/9/22/180 > v5 --> http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/9/22/26 > v4 --> http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/9/1/133 > v3 --> http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/8/27/124 > v2 --> http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/8/26/233 > v1 --> http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/8/19/150 > > > Changes in this version: > ----------------------------------------- > > * Earlier implementation maintained a list of cpuidle devices and > the list was traversed to disable and enable the cpuidle devices > when switching governors. This list is not necessary and is removed. > Now, we get the per cpu structure cpuidle_devices and disable and > enable it for each online cpu while switching governors. > > * Earlier iterations were buggy w.r.t the sysfs interface of the cpuidle. > This iteration removes the bug in PATCH 1/7. > > * In PATCH 7/7, smt_snooze_delay was not being updated whenever it was > changed through the sysfs interface. Provide a helper routine to > update it. > > * In PATCH 7/7, the idle loops are renamed to denote the idle states > to avoid any confusion. > Also, the per-cpu nature of registration/unregistration of cpuidle has been maintained as ACPI needs this. > > thanks, > arun -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
