On 1/4/2012 9:48 AM, Jan-Simon Möller wrote: > Hi all! > > This patch exports cpuidle_register_governor and cpuidle_unregister_governor > with EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL (as the other cpuidle_(un)register_* ). > > Reasoning: allow runtime loading of a cpuidle governor (mainly for > development for now). > > Usually we don't need this as we're using built-ins for the governors - but > during development it is really handy to load and unload a cpuidle governor > (together with the cpuidle_sysfs_switch). while I don't mind this for development purposes, I really am opposed to loadable governors; cpufreq did this and it has been a huge disaster in terms of complexity and locking.... it's really not a good idea to repeat this mistake.... and it's not like normally this sort of thing should or would switch. _______________________________________________ linux-pm mailing list linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-pm
