Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH 8/8] intel_idle: create a native cpuidle driverfor select intel processors
From: Igor Stoppa
Date: Thu May 27 2010 - 10:47:56 EST
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?
Think of it this way: you're not putting the NIC driver for your SOC in
a architecture directory either...
That would be a separate chip, usually, which has its own driver.
The SOC has some bus interface and the arch-specific part of it, if any,
is in the arch directory.
igor
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