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Message-ID: <20171116152058.GR3257@vireshk-i7>
Date:   Thu, 16 Nov 2017 20:50:58 +0530
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:     Ionela Voinescu <ionela.voinescu@....com>
Cc:     Eduardo Valentin <edubezval@...il.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        Rafael Wysocki <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Amit Daniel Kachhap <amit.kachhap@...il.com>,
        Javi Merino <javi.merino@...nel.org>,
        Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        lukasz.luba@....com,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Javi Merino <javi.merino@....com>,
        Punit Agrawal <punit.agrawal@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] cpu_cooling: Drop static-power related stuff

On 16-11-17, 15:02, Ionela Voinescu wrote:
> When it was added in lsk 3.18 in what was then a thermal driver for Juno
> it was believed to have an effect in thermal mitigation, but that was
> not proven later as to justify posting it upstream, and that is why the
> code never made it in mainline.
> The code added there can be found at:
> https://git.linaro.org/landing-teams/working/arm/kernel-release.git/tree/drivers/thermal/scpi-thermal.c?h=lsk-3.18-armlt#n247
> 
> As for removing this code now, I would not want to make that decision without
> spending more time to check if it impacts other customer codelines.
> I'll come back with a reply to this in the next couple of days.

Sure, we can wait for few days definitely :)

-- 
viresh

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