[GIT PULL] omap changes for v2.6.39 merge window

Linus Walleij linus.walleij at linaro.org
Tue Apr 5 18:22:15 EDT 2011


2011/4/5 Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar at ti.com>:

> The only issue I see is the clock-events implemented using
> local timers capabilities in low power modes. The local timers
> won't be able wakeup CPU from DORMANT or OFF state and hence
> you will need an additional wakeup capable clock-event
> working together with the local timers using clock-notifiers.

And this is because the IRQs it emits are local and thus cannot wake
the system? This sounds way backwards... A simple naïve solution
would have been to just route out an external IRQ line back from a
selected timer and into the GIC so it will be able to wake up the
system, right?

Yours,
Linus Walleij



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