[PATCH v3 6/6] arm: exynos: Add /dev/bL_status user interface on Exynos5420
Abhilash Kesavan
kesavan.abhilash at gmail.com
Thu May 1 02:39:29 PDT 2014
Hi Nicolas,
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 8:19 PM, Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre at linaro.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Apr 2014, Abhilash Kesavan wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 4:55 PM, Daniel Lezcano
>> <daniel.lezcano at linaro.org> wrote:
>> > On 04/26/2014 06:05 PM, Abhilash Kesavan wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Add a user interface to check the core and cluster status on
>> >> Exynos5420. This can be utilized while debugging mcpm issues.
>> >> cat /dev/bL_status will show the current power status of all
>> >> the 8 cores along with the cluster.
>> >>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Thomas Abraham <thomas.ab at samsung.com>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Inderpal Singh <inderpal.s at samsung.com>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Andrew Bresticker <abrestic at chromium.org>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Abhilash Kesavan <a.kesavan at samsung.com>
>> >> ---
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi Abhilash,
>>
>> Hi Daniel,
>> >
>> > I don't think you should add this file.
>> >
>> > 1. big Little is not exynos specific
>> But the core control/status bits that I am accessing are exynos
>> specific and currently it is being enabled only on 5420.
>
> Maybe yt is not worth pushing this patch upstream? Once basic debugging
> is over, you shouldn't have to use this code anymore.
OK, will drop this patch.
Regards,
Abhilash
>
>
> Nicolas
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