linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] cpuidle: extend cpuidle and menu governor to handle dynamic states

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Date:	Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:41:41 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Ai Li <aili@...eaurora.org>
Cc:	dwalker@...eaurora.org, arjan@...ux.intel.com, mingo@...e.hu,
	shemminger@...tta.com, czoccolo@...il.com, len.brown@...el.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] cpuidle: extend cpuidle and menu governor to handle
 dynamic states

On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:15:29 -0600
Ai Li <aili@...eaurora.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 2010-07-29 at 11:43 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
> > I'd be reluctant to merge this code without also having code which uses
> > it.  As it is the change is useless and untestable.
> 
> We have local code in the arch/arm/mach-msm branch that uses the new
> cpuidle code.  We are still developing and testing the MSM patches, and
> hope to upstream them in a few weeks.
> 

grumble.

Well, please at least explain all this in the changelogs when you send
out the next version.
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