Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] ARM: configs: Enable the TEO cpuidle governor in multi-platform defconfigs

[Daniel Lezcano]

On 11/5/26 13:10, Linus Walleij wrote:
> Enable the Timer Events Oriented (TEO) cpuidle governor in the ARM
> multi_v5 and multi_v7 defconfigs.
>
> The upsides of the TEO governor are described in
> commit b26bf6ab716f27955e2a503ffca1691582127cbb
> "cpuidle: New timer events oriented governor for tickless systems"
> by Rafael.
>
> We need to gain some traction for this governor.
>
> Both defconfigs already enable CPU_IDLE and NO_HZ_IDLE. Selecting
> CPU_IDLE_GOV_TEO suppresses Kconfig's automatic menu selection, so TEO
> becomes the default governor on these tickless configurations.
>
> Leave multi_v4t_defconfig unchanged. It uses periodic ticks, which
> select the ladder governor and give it a higher runtime rating than
> TEO. Enabling TEO alone would not make it the default.
>
> Configuration generation was checked for both patches. No hardware
> runtime testing was performed.
>
> Prepared with OpenAI Codex assistance.
>
> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linusw@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>