[PATCH v2 3/3] ARM: OMAP: omap_device: idle devices with no driver bound

Tony Lindgren tony at atomide.com
Fri Aug 17 03:52:41 EDT 2012


* Paul Walmsley <paul at pwsan.com> [120810 15:59]:
> On Fri, 10 Aug 2012, Kevin Hilman wrote:
> 
> > Under some circumstances, drivers may leave an omap_device enabled due
> > to driver programming errors, or due to a failure in the drivers
> > probe method.
> > 
> > Using the recently added omap_device driver_status field, we can
> > detect conditions where an omap_device is enabled but has no driver
> > bound and then ensure that the device is properly idled until it can
> > be probed again.
> > 
> > The goal of this feature is not only to detect and warn on these error
> > conditions, but also to ensure that devices are properly put in
> > low-power states so they do not prevent SoC-wide low-power states.
> > 
> > Cc: Paul Walmsley <paul at pwsan.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman at ti.com>
> 
> Here's the queued version of this one.

Nice to see this happening :)

Tony



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