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From: Arjan van de Ven on 27 May 2010 23:20
On Thu, 27 May 2010 17:51:00 +0300
Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa(a)nokia.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
> ext Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>
> > it's really inconvenient to have such drivers hidden in the
> > architecture code; it's much more convenient for cpuidle developers
> > if they're all in one place.
> >
>
> why?

because you have all the users of your API in one place.

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From: Kevin Hilman on 28 May 2010 13:30
On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 20:14 -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Thu, 27 May 2010 17:51:00 +0300
> Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa(a)nokia.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> > ext Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> >
> > > it's really inconvenient to have such drivers hidden in the
> > > architecture code; it's much more convenient for cpuidle developers
> > > if they're all in one place.
> > >
> >
> > why?
>
> because you have all the users of your API in one place.
>

That's a rather x86-centric definition of "all".

Are you suggesting we move all the embedded SoC specific CPUidle drivers
to drivers/idle as well?

Kevin


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From: Arjan van de Ven on 28 May 2010 20:40
On Fri, 28 May 2010 10:27:32 -0700
Kevin Hilman <khilman(a)deeprootsystems.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 20:14 -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > On Thu, 27 May 2010 17:51:00 +0300
> > Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa(a)nokia.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > >
> > > ext Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > >
> > > > it's really inconvenient to have such drivers hidden in the
> > > > architecture code; it's much more convenient for cpuidle
> > > > developers if they're all in one place.
> > > >
> > >
> > > why?
> >
> > because you have all the users of your API in one place.
> >
>
> That's a rather x86-centric definition of "all".
>
> Are you suggesting we move all the embedded SoC specific CPUidle
> drivers to drivers/idle as well?

yes.



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