linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/9] powerpc/powernv: Move idle code usable by multiple hardware to common location

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Date:	Wed, 18 May 2016 11:59:18 +0530
From:	Gautham R Shenoy <ego@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	"Shreyas B. Prabhu" <shreyas@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	mpe@...erman.id.au, mikey@...ling.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/9] powerpc/powernv: Move idle code usable by
 multiple hardware to common location

Hi Shreyas,

On Tue, May 03, 2016 at 01:54:32PM +0530, Shreyas B. Prabhu wrote:
> CPU-idle related code like context save/restore functions idle_power7.S
> can reused for adding stop instruction support. Move this
> code to a new commonly accessible location.

[..snip..]

> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_power_common.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_power_common.S
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..05954ae
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_power_common.S

Since the new file is derived from idle_power7.S, you should add a
comment here to indicate that this shares the copyright history with
the original file.

--
Thanks and Regards
gautham.