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From: khilman@ti•com (Kevin Hilman)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: [PATCHv2 03/19] ARM: OMAP4: PM: Add device-off support
Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 11:34:52 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87aa0qhm43.fsf@ti.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAORVsuWrDW-JAHWDNGMGshYxUUqZNURotreO7qW96=6+oKjyAQ@mail.gmail.com> (Jean Pihet's message of "Mon, 21 May 2012 16:05:45 +0200")

Jean Pihet <jean.pihet@newoldbits•com> writes:

> Hi Tero, Kevin, Santosh,
>
> On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Tero Kristo <t-kristo@ti•com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 2012-05-16 at 15:36 -0700, Kevin Hilman wrote:
>>> +Jean for functional power states
>>>
>>> Tero Kristo <t-kristo@ti•com> writes:
>>>
>>> > This patch adds device off support to OMAP4 device type.
>>>
>>> Description is rather thin for a patch that is doing so much.
>>>
>>> > OFF mode is disabled by default,
>>>
>>> why?
>>
>> Good question. For historical reference I guess. The device off works
>> pretty nicely with the current kernel already, so it should be possible
>> to enable it by default and blame the people who break it.
> Agree. The next problem is 'who will fix the breakage?'.
>
>>> > however, there are two ways to enable OFF mode:
>>> > a) In the board file, call omap4_pm_off_mode_enable(1)
>>> > b) Enable OFF mode using the debugfs entry
>>> > echo "1">/sys/kernel/debug/pm_debug/enable_off_mode
>>> > (conversely echo '0' will disable it as well).
>>>
>>> This part needs to be a separate patch.
>>>
>>> But, as stated in the core retention series, I'd like to move away from
>>> these global flags all together.
>>>
>>> The way we manage the disabling of certain states (like off) is already
>>> clumsy for OMAP3, and it's getting worse with OMAP4. ?Basically, I think
>>> this feature needs to be supported by using constraints on functional
>>> power states. ? Having checks all over the place is getting unwieldy and
>>> not attractive to maintain.
>>>
>>> The combination of constraints and functional power states should make
>>> this much more manageable. ? Until we have that, I'd prefer to keep
>>> the debugfs enable/disable stuff as separate patches at the end of the
>>> series used only for testing.
>>
>> Okay, this sounds like a good plan.
>>
>>>
>>> > Signed-off-by: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@ti•com>
>>> > [t-kristo at ti.com: largely re-structured the code]
>>>
>>> then the sign-off above from Santosh probably doesn't apply anymore.
>>> You should change that to a Cc and just mention tht this is based upon
>>> some original work from Santosh.
>>
>> Yeah... I am not quite sure where the line goes here as I am modifying
>> the patches quite heavily but try to keep credits to the original
>> authors... will change this like so.
>>
>>>
>>> First, ?some general comments:
>>>
>>> There is a lot going on in this patch, so it is hard to follow what all
>>> is related, and why. ?Just a quick glance suggests it needs to be broken
>>> up into at least a few parts:
>>
>> What is the merge plan for the func power state stuff? I don't want to
>> create new dependencies if unnecessary. Otherwise the split should be
>> okay.
> That is something I am interested in too ;p
> I did port and test Tero's patches on top of the functional power
> states, which is the logical approach to me. Now given the reviews
> status on both this patch series and the func power states series I am
> not sure which one needs to be ported on top of the other ;-|
> [1] https://gitorious.org/jpihet/linux-omap/commits/omap4_dev_off
>
> Using the functional power states for the OMAP4 core and device off
> has some advantages in simplifying the code, especially in the
> previous/current/next states checking and programming.

For these reasons, I suggest basing this series on top of the functional
power states series.

Kevin

  reply	other threads:[~2012-05-29 18:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 87+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-05-14 10:18 [PATCHv2 00/19] ARM: OMAP4: device off support Tero Kristo
2012-05-14 10:18 ` [PATCHv2 01/19] ARM: OMAP4: PM: powerdomain: Add HWSAR flag to L3INIT Tero Kristo
2012-05-16 18:27   ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-14 10:18 ` [PATCHv2 02/19] ARM: OMAP4: Add SAR ROM base address Tero Kristo
2012-05-16 18:28   ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-21  8:28     ` Tero Kristo
2012-05-14 10:18 ` [PATCHv2 03/19] ARM: OMAP4: PM: Add device-off support Tero Kristo
2012-05-16 22:36   ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-17  7:10     ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-05-21  8:48     ` Tero Kristo
2012-05-21 14:05       ` Jean Pihet
2012-05-29 18:34         ` Kevin Hilman [this message]
2012-05-29 18:31       ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-30  8:20         ` Tero Kristo
2012-05-14 10:18 ` [PATCHv2 04/19] ARM: OMAP4: PM: save/restore all DPLL settings in OFF mode Tero Kristo
2012-05-16 22:42   ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-17  7:04     ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-05-17  8:52       ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-05-17 16:37         ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-21  9:01           ` Tero Kristo
2012-05-29 19:46         ` Menon, Nishanth
2012-05-30 17:59           ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-30 18:24             ` Menon, Nishanth
2012-05-30 22:09               ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-31  2:38                 ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-05-21  8:58     ` Tero Kristo
2012-05-14 10:18 ` [PATCHv2 05/19] ARM: OMAP4: PM: save/restore all CM1/2 " Tero Kristo
2012-05-16 22:48   ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-17  7:05     ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-05-14 10:18 ` [PATCHv2 06/19] ARM: OMAP4: PM: Add SAR backup support towards device OFF Tero Kristo
2012-05-16 22:58   ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-17  7:02     ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-05-17 16:42       ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-18  5:53         ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-05-21  9:07           ` Tero Kristo
2012-05-14 10:18 ` [PATCHv2 07/19] ARM: OMAP4: Auto generate SAR layout contents Tero Kristo
2012-05-14 10:18 ` [PATCHv2 08/19] ARM: OMAP4: SAR: generate overwrite data based on SAR ROM contents Tero Kristo
2012-05-14 10:18 ` [PATCHv2 09/19] ARM: OMAP4: PM: add errata support Tero Kristo
2012-05-29 20:10   ` Menon, Nishanth
2012-05-30  8:32     ` Tero Kristo
2012-05-30 14:45       ` Menon, Nishanth
2012-05-14 10:18 ` [PATCHv2 10/19] ARM: OMAP4: PM: Work-around for ROM code BUG of IVAHD/TESLA Tero Kristo
2012-05-16 23:05   ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-16 23:07     ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-21  9:11       ` Tero Kristo
2012-05-29 20:13         ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-17  6:52     ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-05-17 16:45       ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-18  5:55         ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-05-14 10:18 ` [PATCHv2 11/19] ARM: OMAP4: PM: save/restore CM L3INSTR registers when MPU hits OSWR/OFF mode Tero Kristo
2012-05-16 23:17   ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-17  6:53     ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-05-14 10:18 ` [PATCHv2 12/19] ARM: OMAP4: PM: update ROM return address for OSWR and OFF Tero Kristo
2012-05-16 23:36   ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-21  9:29     ` Tero Kristo
2012-05-14 10:18 ` [PATCHv2 13/19] ARM: OMAP4: PM: Mark the PPI and SPI interrupts as non-secure for GP Tero Kristo
2012-05-16 23:48   ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-21  9:32     ` Tero Kristo
2012-05-14 10:18 ` [PATCHv2 14/19] ARM: OMAP4: wakeupgen: enable clocks for save_secure_all Tero Kristo
2012-05-17  0:06   ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-21  9:38     ` Tero Kristo
2012-05-21  9:43       ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-05-29 20:15       ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-29 20:48         ` Menon, Nishanth
2012-05-30  8:44           ` Tero Kristo
2012-05-30  8:33         ` Tero Kristo
2012-05-17  0:17   ` Paul Walmsley
2012-05-21  9:35     ` Tero Kristo
2012-05-21  9:39       ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-05-14 10:18 ` [PATCHv2 15/19] ARM: OMAP4430: PM: workaround for DDR corruption on second CS Tero Kristo
2012-05-17  0:15   ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-17  7:12     ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-05-17 16:47       ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-18  5:55         ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-05-14 10:18 ` [PATCHv2 16/19] TEMP: ARM: OMAP4: prevent voltage transitions Tero Kristo
2012-05-14 10:18 ` [PATCHv2 17/19] ARM: OMAP4: put cpu1 back to sleep if no wake request Tero Kristo
2012-05-17  0:31   ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-21 10:21     ` Tero Kristo
2012-05-21 10:40       ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-05-29 20:17         ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-30 15:18         ` Menon, Nishanth
2012-05-14 10:18 ` [PATCHv2 18/19] ARM: OMAP4460: wakeupgen: set GIC_CPU0 backup status flag always Tero Kristo
2012-05-17  0:33   ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-21  9:12     ` Tero Kristo
2012-05-14 10:18 ` [PATCHv2 19/19] ARM: OMAP4: powerdomain: update mpu / core off counters during device off Tero Kristo
2012-05-30 21:08   ` Menon, Nishanth
2012-05-31  6:50     ` Tero Kristo

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