[PATCH] cpufreq for freescale mx51

Amit Kucheria amit.kucheria at linaro.org
Thu Oct 7 03:40:44 EDT 2010


On 10 Oct 07, Yong Shen wrote:
> 
> > > +static struct cpufreq_frequency_table imx_freq_table[4];
> >
> > Three frequencies should be enough for everyone, right? This should be
> > dynamically allocated like in other cpufreq drivers.
> >
> 
> Yes, we only support 3 work points, which is for sure. Actually, we only
> support 2 points on most mx51 chips. I supposed it is ok to use static array
> here.

This can become a common cpufreq driver for all i.MX platforms. We don't know
how many work points will be supported in future versions of the silicon.
That is why a static array is not ok.

I think Sascha was being ironic when he said "Three frequencies should be
enough for everyone, right?" :)

/Amit




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