Re: [PATCH] i2c-s3c2410: Add stub runtime power management

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On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 09:39:53PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 06:48:36PM +0100, Sylwester Nawrocki wrote:
> > On 01/22/2012 06:27 PM, Bill Gatliff wrote:
> 
> > > I for one would rather see in-kernel drivers that require it, and then
> 
> > In fact we have to deal with the opposite now, as some existing drivers
> > have been used for multiple generations of SoC, where almost unchanged
> > device IPs are deployed. Those drivers were originally written for the
> > simplest SoCs.
> 
> TBH I think most of the devices for which people are running these days
> will be able to get some win from the system wide stuff - the WFI modes
> aren't exactly the latest thing in hardware terms, it's just been a long
> road to getting them supported.  Infrastructure like Mark's PM QoS work
> and Raphael's PM domains work has really helped a lot here.

The WFI stuff's been around for ages, and is generally just the core that
is affected. The deep sleep options might be useful, so I don't see any
reason not to do this. I also approve that it might allow people to shut
down I2C units they're not using at the time to save power.

-- 
Ben

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