[PATCH v8 2/2] ARM: imx: support suspend states on imx7D

[Zhi Li]

On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 8:12 PM, Shawn Guo <shawnguo at kernel.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 02:38:39PM +0000, Shenwei Wang wrote:
>>
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Shawn Guo [mailto:shawnguo at kernel.org]
>> > Sent: 2015年9月18日 9:15
>> > To: Wang Shenwei-B38339
>> > Cc: jason at lakedaemon.net; Huang Yongcai-B20788;
>> > linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org; kernel at pengutronix.de; Sudeep Holla;
>> > tglx at linutronix.de; shawn.guo at linaro.org; linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org
>> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 2/2] ARM: imx: support suspend states on imx7D
>> >
>> > On Tue, Sep 08, 2015 at 03:01:07PM +0000, Shenwei Wang wrote:
>> > > > >  arch/arm/mach-imx/Kconfig        |   1 +
>> > > > >  arch/arm/mach-imx/Makefile       |   2 +
>> > > > >  arch/arm/mach-imx/common.h       |   4 +
>> > > > >  arch/arm/mach-imx/pm-imx7.c      | 917
>> > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> > > > >  arch/arm/mach-imx/suspend-imx7.S | 529 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>> > > > >  5 files changed, 1453 insertions(+)
>> > > >
>> > > > 1453 lines addition to kernel only for i.MX7D suspend support.  Yes,
>> > > > this is the way we support suspend on i.MX6, but that's enough, and
>> > > > we have to stop this somewhere.  I would ask you to take Sudeep's
>> > > > comment and adopt PSCI for i.MX7D power management.
>> > >
>> > > According to PSCI spec, a supervisory software must be implemented
>> > > under either
>> > > HVC(EL2) or SMC(EL3) privilege level. I agree that, with this idea, we
>> > > could finally move these 1453 lines of codes from kernel into a
>> > > platform specific firmware. The problem is we don't have the firmware
>> > > so far, and we haven't even had a plan to enable the hypervisor or
>> > > secure software on this platform. Because low power consumption is the
>> > > key feature of this i.MX7D platform, please continue to consider the current
>> > implementation and get this feature supported first.
>> >
>> > Can't U-Boot be considered as a firmware to implement PSCI?  I have seen an
>> > initial ARMv7 PSCI core support for U-Boot added by Marc Zyngier.
>>
>> The current PSCI support in uboot is not complete. It can now support cpuidle, shutdown,
>> and reset. But to support system suspend, there would be a lot more tasks. For example,
>> even the current wakeup source management codes will have to move into the firmware
>> too. It is not a short time task. Please continue to consider this platform dependent implementation
>> first, meanwhile, we will start to migrate the solution to PSCI. However it will take some time.
>
> I have zero interest to maintain this pile of code in the mainline
> kernel.  Take it as a motivation to move to PSCI soon, or you maintain
> it on your own as a out-of-tree patch for whatever long time you like.
>

Does it means that SMP support also need go through PSCI?

best regards
Frank Li

> Shawn
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