[PATCH v4 13/13] ARM: mvebu: register the cpuidle driver for the Armada XP SoCs

[Gregory CLEMENT]

On 19/02/2014 17:46, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Dear Gregory CLEMENT,
> 
> On Thu, 13 Feb 2014 18:33:36 +0100, Gregory CLEMENT wrote:
>> The cpuidle is a platform driver so we have to register the device
>> during the initialization of the boards.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement at free-electrons.com>
>> ---
>>  arch/arm/mach-mvebu/armada-370-xp.c | 12 ++++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/armada-370-xp.c b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/armada-370-xp.c
>> index f6c9d1d85c14..81b42980311c 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/armada-370-xp.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/armada-370-xp.c
>> @@ -30,6 +30,11 @@
>>  #include "common.h"
>>  #include "coherency.h"
>>  #include "mvebu-soc-id.h"
>> +#include "pmsu.h"
>> +
>> +static struct platform_device armada_xp_cpuidle_device = {
>> +	.name = "cpuidle-armada-370-xp",
>> +};
>>  
>>  static void __init armada_370_xp_map_io(void)
>>  {
>> @@ -80,6 +85,13 @@ static void __init armada_370_xp_dt_init(void)
>>  	if (of_machine_is_compatible("plathome,openblocks-ax3-4"))
>>  		i2c_quirk();
>>  	of_platform_populate(NULL, of_default_bus_match_table, NULL, NULL);
>> +	if (of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL, "marvell,armada-370-xp-pmsu")
>> +		&& of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL, "marvell,coherency-fabric")
>> +		&& of_machine_is_compatible("marvell,armadaxp")) {
>> +		armada_370_xp_pmsu_enable_l2_powerdown_onidle();
>> +		armada_370_xp_cpu_pm_init();
>> +		platform_device_register(&armada_xp_cpuidle_device);
>> +	}
> 
> What about putting this in pmsu.c, in an arch_initcall() (or some other
> initcall level) ? The cpuidle feature is really tied to the PMSU, so I
> believe it makes sense to have the cpuidle-armada-370-xp
> platform_device declared and registered in pmsu.c. As an added bonus,
> you don't need to expose
> armada_370_xp_pmsu_enable_l2_powerdown_onidle() and
> armada_370_xp_cpu_pm_init() in a header: they can remain static
> functions private to pmsu.c.

It sounds like a good idea, the tricky part will be to find the accurate
initcall level: not too early and not too late.

Thanks,

Gregory

> 
> Thomas
> 


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