how to enable suspend to ram for arm-64 bits
Pavel Machek
pavel at ucw.cz
Thu Nov 3 02:57:58 PDT 2016
On Wed 2016-10-19 14:11:45, Mark Rutland wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 11:42:27AM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > On Tue 2016-10-18 11:45:39, Mark Rutland wrote:
>
> > Either the lowlevel suspend code is stable and bug free, and then
> > having that code is not a problem.
>
> This ignores the cost of maintaining that code. Kernel APIs change over
> time, and no code is ever completely stable, even if at one point in
> time it happens to be bug-free.
Well, kernel interfaces only change when there's good reason for a
change, and if you force stable binary interface to external
component, and there _is_ need for a change, we are all screwed.
> > BSD is better than closed source, but it also means that you will not
> > get the sources from your hw vendor.
>
> That depends on your hardware vendor, as always. There are a number of
> platform ports in the upstream ATF repo.
>
> It's also worth considering that a number of 32-bit arm parts require
> closed firmware (as far as I can tell, including the N900).
Yeah, but we are trying to remove closed firmware. Don't make people
add more of it...
> > Being separate module means it will be hard to debug, in area where
> > debugging is already pretty hard.
>
> It can be harder, yes. There are also benefits, given the same code can
> be tested on a variety of platforms.
What benefits? You are able to share code between platforms in kernel,
too.
> > Can it do advanced stuff like deep powersaving on N900 idle?
>
> Sorry, I don't know precisely what you're referring to.
>
> It can do things like shutting down entire CPU clusters (and IIRC
> associated interconnect) when all relevant CPUs are idle, if that's what
> you mean.
I mean equivalent power savings between idle system and system in
s2ram.
Best regards,
Pavel
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