[PATCH 1/2] cpuidle: Add new macro to enter a retention idle state

[Sudeep Holla]

On 08/11/17 17:15, Prakash, Prashanth wrote:
> Hi Sudeep,
> 
> On 11/8/2017 7:38 AM, Sudeep Holla wrote:

>> I am fine with this change as initial step. But I am wondering if we
>> will have a retention state which loses partial state ?
>>
>> The specification has flags to specify that difference but will we see
>> that in reality is a different question. If we see such hardware, then
>> we may need to revert this and handle in the callbacks as we can't skip
>> cpu_pm notifier callbacks all together right ?
> I agree. This is a initial and quick first step and will help only fully retention states.
> 
> If there are devices with partial retention states and necessary support in cpu
> PM framework we can revert this and handle it in more generic way.
> 

Sounds good. Just wanted to be aware of that fact. Hope we don't get
such crazy hardware(but you never know).

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Regards,
Sudeep