Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757959Ab2EXXQG (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 May 2012 19:16:06 -0400 Received: from na3sys009aog126.obsmtp.com ([74.125.149.155]:56779 "EHLO na3sys009aog126.obsmtp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753679Ab2EXXQE (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 May 2012 19:16:04 -0400 From: Kevin Hilman To: "Menon\, Nishanth" Cc: "J\, KEERTHY" , Mark Brown , "linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" , "AnilKumar\, Chimata" , "linux-pm\@lists.linux-foundation.org" , "linux-omap\@vger.kernel.org" , "Pihet-XID\, Jean" , "linux-arm-kernel\@lists.infradead.org" Subject: Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH V3 00/10] PM: Create the AVS(Adaptive Voltage Scaling) Organization: Texas Instruments, Inc. References: <1335462041-4949-1-git-send-email-j-keerthy@ti.com> <20120426191159.GA9415@sirena.org.uk> <20120427175657.GP18260@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> <87397o3n4y.fsf@ti.com> <331ABD5ECB02734CA317220B2BBEABC13E9B1A67@DBDE01.ent.ti.com> <87mx5jy2li.fsf@ti.com> <331ABD5ECB02734CA317220B2BBEABC13E9B6681@DBDE01.ent.ti.com> <87lil2jp2z.fsf@ti.com> <87pqadgqd5.fsf@ti.com> Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 16:16:00 -0700 In-Reply-To: (Nishanth Menon's message of "Wed, 23 May 2012 08:27:06 -0500") Message-ID: <87aa0xqifj.fsf@ti.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2863 Lines: 81 "Menon, Nishanth" writes: > On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Kevin Hilman wrote: >> "Woodruff, Richard" writes: >> >>>> From: Hilman, Kevin >>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 5:17 PM >>> >>>> A basic OMAP AVS driver has been in mainline for a long time, yet we >>>> have not seen support submitted for all of these features. >>> >>> 1.5/3.5 is a feature. >> >> And I'm still waiting for it to be submitted upstream. >> >>> ABB is requirement for a production useable driver. Higher speed rated >>> OMAP4 and all OMAP5 added these to be useable. >> >> ditto >> >>> Yes this is effort. Point of mentioning is to raise awareness of need. >> >> I'm well aware of the need. >> >>> Yet to be added feature has different meaning than functional gap. >> >> And both need to be submitted upstream. > > SR 1.5: http://marc.info/?l=linux-omap&m=129933897910785&w=2 > ABB: http://marc.info/?l=linux-omap&m=130939399209099&w=2 > > I am not sure what you mean "need to be submitted upstream"? You're right. I should've said re-submitted and merged. Both have been submitted (and reviewed) but no follow up submissions after review, and thus they're still out of tree. > Just tired of seeing things perpetually change without considering > even how to handle features that are mandatory for SoC even with code > posted upstream to show exactly what it takes.. I'm sorry, but this is not perpetual change. This driver has been upstream in its current (admittedly feature-limited) form for a long time, the only thing changing in $SUBJECT series is the location of the driver. Why all the fuss about the missing features now? > I think you do mean merged upstream in this context. Correct. Frameworks always have limitations. The way they get extended/expanded etc. is by the submission/review/merging of support for new features/requirements. The process for that is the same as any feature in any part of the kernel. Evolution, not intelligent design[1]. All of that being said, I'm not sure why this thread was hijacked for this debate in the first place. The point of $SUBJECT series is simply to move and *existing* framework from arch/arm out to drivers. The only changes done are cleanups to make this move possible. I for one would welcome extending this framework to ensure it supports all the SoC features. I just don't want those features to be a prerequisite for this move from arch/arm to drivers. Please, let's get this moved to drivers, and then add support for the missing features. Thanks, Kevin [1] http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Kernel_Evolution -- 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/