Re: [2.6.24 patch] restore blackfin HARDWARE_PM support

[Robin Getz]

On Sat 29 Dec 2007 01:23, Mathieu Desnoyers pondered:
> Ok, and do we really need to make HARDWARE_PM a tristate ? I see that
> part of it must be compiled into the kernel in core .S files. Does it
> really make sense for it to be a module ?

I don't think so.

> Also, op_model_bf533.c sits in the arch/blackfin/oprofile directory,
> (built if HARDWARE_PM is y or m) but depends on PROFILING, not OPROFILE.
> Is HARDWARE_PM useful at all without OPROFILE ?

There was an out of tree patch that was floating around that gave people a sys 
or proc interface to the hardware registers - since oprofile doesn't work 
that well on a bash-less system.

I don't think I will have time to look at the patch over the weekend, but will 
do after Jan 1.

-Robin
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