Re: intel_turbo_max_3 non-modularity

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On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 04:18:46PM -0700, Srinivas Pandruvada wrote:

> Before to this patch, only intel_pstate driver called these two
> sched_xx() functions. intel_pstate can be only be built-in, so no
> effort was made to export these functions when they were developed to
> add ITMT support.
> But turbo_max_3 driver driver will only load on a subset of non HWP
> Broadwell systems, making module is not a bad idea. To do that we can
> export these two sched_xx() functions as they are only related to ITMT
> function anyway.
> If Peter agrees, I can send a patch to change this.

I would really hate to expose sched_set_itmt_core_prio() to modules. Too
much potential for trainwrecks.

Also, this driver is dinky, making it a modules doesn't save anything
much,





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