[PATCH v7 6/6] cpufreq: exynos: remove exynos4210/5250 specific cpufreq driver support

Thomas Abraham ta.omasab at gmail.com
Mon Jul 28 22:53:20 PDT 2014


Hi Tomasz,

On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 6:59 PM, Tomasz Figa <tomasz.figa at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 14.07.2014 15:38, Thomas Abraham wrote:
>> From: Thomas Abraham <thomas.ab at samsung.com>
>>
>> Exynos4210 and Exynos5250 based platforms have switched over to use generic
>> cpufreq drivers for cpufreq functionality. So the Exynos specific cpufreq
>> drivers for these platforms can be removed.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Abraham <thomas.ab at samsung.com>
>> Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar at linaro.org>
>> Reviewed-by: Amit Daniel Kachhap <amit.daniel at samsung.com>
>> Tested-by: Arjun K.V <arjun.kv at samsung.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.arm          |   22 ----
>>  drivers/cpufreq/Makefile             |    2 -
>>  drivers/cpufreq/exynos4210-cpufreq.c |  184 -----------------------------
>>  drivers/cpufreq/exynos5250-cpufreq.c |  210 ----------------------------------
>>  4 files changed, 418 deletions(-)
>>  delete mode 100644 drivers/cpufreq/exynos4210-cpufreq.c
>>  delete mode 100644 drivers/cpufreq/exynos5250-cpufreq.c
>>
>
> I would hesitate with removing this driver straightaway and replacing it
> with a new one that isn't yet well tested. For at least one release I
> would keep the old code in place with the possibility of switching
> between old and new one in Kconfig.

The new drivers have been tested for three days on
Exynos4210/5250/5420 based boards. So I am fairly confident that there
will be no issues in switching to the generic drivers and the old
drivers have not been retained in the next version.

Thanks,
Thomas.

>
> Best regards,
> Tomasz
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