2010-04-13 11:07:04

by Anders Larsen

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Subject: [at91] Save power by disabling the processor clock when CPU is idle

Disable the processor clock when the CPU is idle.

This saves much more power than merely entering 'Wait for Interrupt' mode.
Since JTAG-debugging doesn't work when the processor clock is switched off,
make it conditional on CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL.

Signed-off-by: Anders Larsen <[email protected]>
Cc: Andrew Victor <[email protected]>
---
KernelVersion: 2.6.33

arch/arm/mach-at91/include/mach/system.h | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)


Index: b/arch/arm/mach-at91/include/mach/system.h
===================================================================
--- a/arch/arm/mach-at91/include/mach/system.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-at91/include/mach/system.h
@@ -24,21 +24,24 @@
#include <mach/hardware.h>
#include <mach/at91_st.h>
#include <mach/at91_dbgu.h>
+#include <mach/at91_pmc.h>

static inline void arch_idle(void)
{
+#ifndef CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL
/*
* Disable the processor clock. The processor will be automatically
* re-enabled by an interrupt or by a reset.
*/
-// at91_sys_write(AT91_PMC_SCDR, AT91_PMC_PCK);
-
+ at91_sys_write(AT91_PMC_SCDR, AT91_PMC_PCK);
+#else
/*
* Set the processor (CP15) into 'Wait for Interrupt' mode.
* Unlike disabling the processor clock via the PMC (above)
* this allows the processor to be woken via JTAG.
*/
cpu_do_idle();
+#endif
}

void (*at91_arch_reset)(void);