[PATCH v3 1/4] ARM: OMAP4+: PM: Consolidate MPU subsystem PM code for re-use

Nishanth Menon nm at ti.com
Fri Apr 5 09:35:11 EDT 2013


On 16:19-20130405, Felipe Balbi wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 05, 2013 at 06:29:00PM +0530, Santosh Shilimkar wrote:
> > OMAP5 and future OMAP based SOCs has backward compatible MPUSS
> > IP block with OMAP4. It's programming model is mostly similar.
> 
> s/It's/Its/
> s/mostly //
> 
> (similar already expands to 'almost the same' :-)
> 
> > @@ -355,6 +389,12 @@ int __init omap4_mpuss_init(void)
> >  
> >  	save_l2x0_context();
> >  
> > +	if (cpu_is_omap44xx()) {
> > +		omap_pm_ops.finish_suspend = omap4_finish_suspend;
> > +		omap_pm_ops.resume = omap4_cpu_resume;
> > +		omap_pm_ops.scu_prepare = scu_pwrst_prepare;
> > +	}
> 
> why don't you just rename omap4_* into omap_* and add cpu-based checks
> there in order to handle differences between omap4 and omap5?
> 
> If implementation will be almost the same for both, you might be able to
> save on some more duplication, no ?
Jeez NO! finish_suspend is assembly, further, it is the hottest path in
cpuidle framework - for every WFI we invoke it. we definitely dont want
to add more overhead beyond what is necessary.
> 
> -- 
> balbi



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Regards,
Nishanth Menon



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