[PATCH 5/5] ARM: tegra: cpuidle: use firmware call for power down

[Stephen Warren]

On 01/21/2014 03:10 AM, Alexandre Courbot wrote:
> Invoke the do_idle() firmware call before suspending a CPU so that the
> underlying firmware (if any) can take necessary action.

> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/cpuidle-tegra114.c b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/cpuidle-tegra114.c

> @@ -45,6 +46,8 @@ static int tegra114_idle_power_down(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
>  
>  	clockevents_notify(CLOCK_EVT_NOTIFY_BROADCAST_ENTER, &dev->cpu);
>  
> +	call_firmware_op(do_idle);
> +
>  	cpu_suspend(0, tegra30_sleep_cpu_secondary_finish);
>  
>  	clockevents_notify(CLOCK_EVT_NOTIFY_BROADCAST_EXIT, &dev->cpu);

Don't you need to have the kernel also *not* do something when entering
idle; doesn't the FW op replace some of the register writes that the
kernel would otherwise be doing?