linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: allow module driver to register idle notifier

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Date:	Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:49:23 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Venki Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com>,
	Andy Henroid <andrew.d.henroid@...el.com>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: allow module driver to register idle notifier


* Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org> wrote:

> Ingo,
> How shall we proceed?
> If you take this patch, we can ship a modular i7300_idle driver.
> If you do not take this patch, then we'll need to build it into
> the kernel and not allow it to un-register.

sorry - i got held up with other stuff.

Please just commit the export via your tree, we'll sort it out 
afterwards. Your use of the idle callback certainly looks reasonable for 
your purposes and the infrastructure was there after all. I dont want to 
complicate your workflow in any case.

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>

	Ingo
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