Re: [PATCH/RFC] Runtime PM: ARM: subarch-specific extensions of pdev_archdata

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"Magnus Damm" <magnus.damm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 8:13 AM, Kevin Hilman
><khilman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 7:28 AM, Kevin Hilman
>>> <khilman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> Mikael Pettersson wrote:
>>>>> Eric Miao writes:
>>>>>  > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Kevin Hilman
>>>>>  > <khilman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>  > > On ARM platforms, power management can be very platform specific.
>>>>>  > > This patch allows ARM subarches to extend the platform_device
>>>>>  > > pdev_archdata for each subarch by creating a new struct pdev_machdata
>>>>>  > > and allowing each subarch to customize it as needed.
>
>[snip]
>
>> OK, after no further comments, sending this patch to the patch system.
>
>Hi Kevin,
>
>Thanks for your work on this. I found this patch marked as superseeded
>in the tracker here:
>
>http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/patches/viewpatch.php?id=5773/1
>
>I'd now like to use struct pdev_archdata myself on mach-shmobile, so
>almost a year later I wonder why this patch didn't make it.
>
>I realize that you use struct omap_device instead of struct
>pdev_archdata. I prefer not to wrap if possible. This because I'd like
>to reuse already existing drivers and PM code with the SuperH
>architecture.
>
>Do you remember what happened with this patch?

I don't have all the details in front of me because I'm on my phone, but I advised against pdev_archdata because it is multiplatform-unfriendly.

g.
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