Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753902AbYJULtw (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:49:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752827AbYJULtj (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:49:39 -0400 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:50210 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752794AbYJULti (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:49:38 -0400 Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:49:23 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Len Brown Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List , Venki Pallipadi , Andy Henroid , Len Brown , Linus Torvalds , Thomas Gleixner , "H. Peter Anvin" , Andi Kleen Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: allow module driver to register idle notifier Message-ID: <20081021114923.GA28549@elte.hu> References: <1d80ebdb81444701024ad9b9f026516561496a43.1223706853.git.len.brown@intel.com> <20081011083347.GA31918@elte.hu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00,DNS_FROM_SECURITYSAGE autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] 0.0 DNS_FROM_SECURITYSAGE RBL: Envelope sender in blackholes.securitysage.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 833 Lines: 24 * Len Brown wrote: > Ingo, > How shall we proceed? > If you take this patch, we can ship a modular i7300_idle driver. > If you do not take this patch, then we'll need to build it into > the kernel and not allow it to un-register. sorry - i got held up with other stuff. Please just commit the export via your tree, we'll sort it out afterwards. Your use of the idle callback certainly looks reasonable for your purposes and the infrastructure was there after all. I dont want to complicate your workflow in any case. Acked-by: Ingo Molnar Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/