Re: [PATCH v4] xen/arm: enable PV control for ARM

[Stefano Stabellini]

On Mon, 22 Jul 2013, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> Julien Grall <julien.grall@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >Enable power management from the toolstack for ARM guest.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Julien Grall <julien.grall@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >---
> >    Changes in v4:
> >        - Divide the patch in 2 distinct parts
> >    Changes in v3:
> >        - Fix condition to compile cpu_hotplug.o
> >    Changes in v2:
> >        - Don't compile xen/cpu_hotplug.o with ARM64
> >---
> > drivers/xen/Makefile |    3 +--
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> >diff --git a/drivers/xen/Makefile b/drivers/xen/Makefile
> >index a609353..f185e8d 100644
> >--- a/drivers/xen/Makefile
> >+++ b/drivers/xen/Makefile
> >@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
> > ifeq ($(filter y, $(CONFIG_ARM) $(CONFIG_ARM64)),)
> >-obj-y	+= manage.o
> > obj-$(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU)		+= cpu_hotplug.o
> > endif
> > obj-$(CONFIG_X86)			+= fallback.o
> >-obj-y	+= grant-table.o features.o events.o balloon.o time.o
> >+obj-y	+= grant-table.o features.o events.o balloon.o time.o manage.o
> > obj-y	+= xenbus/
> > 
> > nostackp := $(call cc-option, -fno-stack-protector)
> 
> The patch looks Ok but the description is off.  Power management is the term used for cpu freq,  C states and P states. While this patch touches none of that. 
> 

That's a very x86-centric view of the world, but it's true that manage.c
is about shutdown, restart and other operations that don't fit under
"power management".
It could benefit from a better description.
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