Re: [Beagleboard] linux-omap-pm -- cpufreq query

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Thanks Kevin.

Just to confirm, is there any version/branch beyond pm-2.6.34 that has
cpufreq functional for omap3?

-hari


On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Kevin Hilman
<khilman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Haribabu Narayanan <haribabu@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>>     Till recently I was working with Angstrom environment for
>> beagleboard  (with a linux-omap-pm 2.6.29 kernel) and had to migrate
>> to the latest kernel version possible that is supported by
>> linux-omap-pm branch for non-omap related reasons.  I am sticking to
>> linux-omap-pm instead of linux-omap or linux mainlines chiefly because
>> I need cpufreq related functionalities.
>>
>>   I was happily using the latest head from linux-omap-pm when I
>> realised that there are no frequency transitions that are occurring
>> now when I initiate requests through sys-fs writes.  I found out that
>> OMAP_PM_SRF is no longer supported (which was being used earlier on
>> for helping with cpufreq changes).
>>
>>   Is it that one cannot do cpufreq related changes with the
>> current(+/-) linux-omap-pm kernel?
>
> That is correct.
>
>> I checked linux-omap-pm's head/cpufreq branch for example and it
>> contains only OMAP_PM_NONE and OMAP_PM_NOOP in plat-omap/Kconfig. Are
>> there any changes I can make so that I can get back cpufreq
>> functionality.
>
> The kernel parts that enable DVFS (including SmartReflex, voltage layer
> etc.) are being rewritten and are under review and test currently.
> The best way to help would be to contribute to that development and or
> test these series from Thara.
>
>> If yes, is there an general idea as to when this will
>> be available with linux-omap-pm head ?
>
> When it's ready. ;)
>
> This is not a commitment, but I suspect we will have this into mainline
> during the 2.6.38 merge window.
>
> Kevin
>
>
>
>
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