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

Santosh Shilimkar santosh.shilimkar at ti.com
Wed Apr 6 02:41:56 EDT 2011


On 4/6/2011 3:52 AM, Linus Walleij wrote:
> 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?
>
Even the GIC would be dead is certain low power modes. It's need
GIC extension to route these signals and seems that it's bit
tricky hardware implementation since the timer logic
needs to be moved to ALWAYS ON power domain.

Regards
Santosh



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