[PATCH v7] OMAP2+: PM: omap device: API's for handling mstandby mode

[Cousson, Benoit]

On 12/3/2010 10:47 AM, G, Manjunath Kondaiah wrote:
> * Cousson, Benoit<b-cousson at ti.com>  [2010-12-03 09:38:35 +0100]:

[...]

>>> v7: replaced mutex lock with spin lock. Added use count for controlling
>>> access to sysconfig registers in case if overlapping request/release API's
>>> are used.
>>
>> I'm not sure it should be done here. I'd rather keep that code in
>> the DMA, since this is the only user of that feature.
>
> Are you referring to spin lock or usage count?

The spinlock is needed, I was referring to the usage count.

That being said, the API proposed by Paul (request/release
) sound like a get/put, so maybe he had that kind of usage in mind.

I'm still not convince it should be done at hwmod API level.


Paul,
Any thoughts on that?

Regards,
Benoit