linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] CPUFreq: Implement per policy instances of governors

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Message-ID: <CAKohpo=ABkc3ku=YrS7=Df_65s3OPg+eAa80gCEkiK4dNc+x4g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 5 Feb 2013 17:54:57 +0530
From:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, cpufreq@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linaro-dev@...ts.linaro.org, robin.randhawa@....com,
	Steve.Bannister@....com, Liviu.Dudau@....com,
	Charles Garcia-Tobin <Charles.Garcia-Tobin@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] CPUFreq: Implement per policy instances of governors

On 5 February 2013 17:02, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 05, 2013 at 04:56:03PM +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote:
>> Just some kind of indication from platform driver is required about
>> how/where it wants its governor directory to be present.
>
> The indication is this:
>
> config CPUFREQ_PLATFORM_DRIVER_X
>         ...
>         select CPUFREQ_MULTIPLE_POLICIES
>
> You really need to slow down and really look at what I'm proposing.

This indication isn't enough. On a single image solution, we need to
identify the system which needs support for multiple policies and
i still feel we need that variable type indication :)
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