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Message-ID: <20070927151718.GD25718@linux.intel.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:17:18 -0700
From: Mark Gross <mgross@...ux.intel.com>
To: Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu,
Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
linux-pm <linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] QoS params patch
On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 12:18:21PM +0900, Paul Mundt wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 10:53:03PM -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu wrote:
> > On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:40:20 PDT, Mark Gross said:
> > > --- linux-2.6.23-rc8/kernel/Makefile 2007-09-26 13:54:54.000000000 -0700
> > > +++ linux-2.6.23-rc8-qos/kernel/Makefile 2007-09-26 14:06:38.000000000 -
> > 0700
> > > @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
> > > rcupdate.o extable.o params.o posix-timers.o \
> > > kthread.o wait.o kfifo.o sys_ni.o posix-cpu-timers.o mutex.o \
> > > hrtimer.o rwsem.o latency.o nsproxy.o srcu.o die_notifier.o \
> > > - utsname.o
> > > + utsname.o qos_params.o
> >
> > So I don't get a choice in the matter if I will be dragging this thing
> > around in my kernel, even if I have no intention of using the functionality?
> >
> You don't get that option with latency.c either at the moment, and it's
> arguable whether it's even worth it. The more curious thing is that while
> this qos params seems to be an evolution of Arjan's latency.c (and the
> drivers that are using it are updated in the rest of the patch set),
> latency.c itself is still compiled in. Is this an oversight, or was it
> intentional? One set of latency hinting APIs only, please :-)
It was intentional to compile latnecy.c in (and hence qos_parms is
starting off doing the same thing)
I agree, "there can be only be one". (couldn't resist)
I split the patch set up this first patch puts in the qos_param.c and
the second patch yanks latency.c replacing things with its interfaces.
--mgross
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