linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] coupled cpuidle state support

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Date:	Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:41:27 -0800
From:	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...com>
To:	Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
	Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...com>,
	Amit Kucheria <amit.kucheria@...aro.org>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Trinabh Gupta <g.trinabh@...il.com>,
	Deepthi Dharwar <deepthi@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] coupled cpuidle state support

Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com> writes:


> This patch series implements an alternative solution, where each
> cpu will wait in the WFI state until all cpus are ready to enter
> a coupled state, at which point the coupled state function will
> be called on all cpus at approximately the same time.

This looks great, and is certainly preferred to hotplug IMO.

[...]

> None of the platforms I work with have an SMP idle implementation
> upstream, so I can't easily show a patch that converts a platform
> from hotplug governor to coupled cpuidle states.  

Basic OMAP4 CPUidle support is in now queued for v3.3 (see omap4
branch Tony's tree[1].)  

Can you (or Santosh) send a patch that adds coupled support to that
driver so it can see some broader testing on OMAP4?

Thanks,

Kevin

[1] git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tmlind/linux-omap.git
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