Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] ARM: configs: multi_v5: Enable the TEO cpuidle governor

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski

Date: Thu Nov 05 2026 - 12:06:07 EST


On 05/11/2026 13:10, Linus Walleij wrote:
> The TEO governor introduced in commit b26bf6ab716f ("cpuidle: New
> timer events oriented governor for tickless systems") takes a different
> approach to idle-state prediction from menu. The governor gives a
> better behaviour than the current default for tickless idle systems,
> and for the multi-platform configs that enable tickless idle, this
> should be the default governor.
>
> multi_v5_defconfig already enables CPU_IDLE and NO_HZ_IDLE. Selecting
> CPU_IDLE_GOV_TEO suppresses Kconfig's automatic menu selection, making
> TEO the default governor for this tickless configuration.
>
> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linusw@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm/configs/multi_v5_defconfig | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@xxxxxxxxxx>

Best regards,
Krzysztof