Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: Add an enable method to RISC-V

From: Rob Herring
Date: Mon Nov 20 2017 - 16:47:18 EST


On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 11:50:22AM -0800, Palmer Dabbelt wrote:
> RISC-V doesn't currently specify a mechanism for enabling or disabling
> CPUs. Instead, we assume that all CPUs are enabled on boot, and if
> someone wants to save power we instead put a CPU to sleep via a WFI
> loop.
>
> This patch adds "enable-method" to the RISC-V CPU binding, which
> currently only has the value "none". This allows us to change the
> enable method in the future.

I think "none" should just be no cpu-enable-method property.

Rob