Hi Lina,
On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 6:12 PM Lina Iyer <ilina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Rafael,
>
> On Tue, Sep 22 2020 at 10:00 -0600, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> >Sorry for the delay.
> >
> >On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 12:15 AM Lina Iyer <ilina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> Commit 83788c0caed3 ("cpuidle: remove unused exports") removed
> >> capability of registering cpuidle governors, which was unused at that
> >> time. By exporting the symbol, let's allow platform specific modules to
> >> register cpuidle governors and use cpuidle_governor_latency_req() to get
> >> the QoS for the CPU.
> >
> >Which platform-specific modules may want to do that and why?
> >
> We are planning a custom cpuidle governor for QCOM SoCs. With Android,
> the idea is to make them loadable modules so they can be in a separate
> partition.
Well, the $subject patch is not applicable without a mainline user
requiring this, so it needs to be posted along with that user.
Cheers!
