linux-kernel - Re: Should SPARC use cpuidle?

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Message-ID: <20130212193609.GA15694@merkur.ravnborg.org>
Date:	Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:36:09 +0100
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Cc:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>, linux-next@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux PM list <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Should SPARC use cpuidle?

On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 01:03:04PM -0500, Len Brown wrote:
> 
> >> Can you please move the definition of sparc_idle to processor_32.h
> >> It is sparc32 specific - and then we do not need the __ASSEMBLY__ guards
> >> as the sparc32 variant are not used from assembler.
> > 
> > sure, let me know if attached works.
> 
> ugh, not accustomed to sending patches via thunderbird.
> hopefully this attachment works...
> 

> >From 358ca5d7e02c4559ad3fbf8135421e4a3753e979 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
> Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 23:27:26 -0500
> Subject: [PATCH] sparc idle: rename pm_idle to sparc_idle
> Reply-To: Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
> Organization: Intel Open Source Technology Center
> 
> (pm_idle)() is being removed from linux/pm.h
> because Linux does not have such a cross-architecture concept.
> 
> sparc uses an idle function pointer in its architecture
> specific code.  So we re-name sparc use of pm_idle to sparc_idle.
> 
> Maybe some day, SPARC will cut over to cpuidle...
> 
> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Build tested - OK.
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
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