[RFC] powerpc: add support for new hcall H_BEST_ENERGY
Vaidyanathan Srinivasan
svaidy at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Mon Mar 8 17:50:06 EST 2010
* Dipankar Sarma <dipankar at in.ibm.com> [2010-03-06 00:48:11]:
> On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 11:48:22PM +0530, Vaidyanathan Srinivasan wrote:
> > static void __init cpu_init_thread_core_maps(int tpc)
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
> > index c667f0f..b3dd108 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
> > @@ -33,6 +33,16 @@ config PSERIES_MSI
> > depends on PCI_MSI && EEH
> > default y
> >
> > +config PSERIES_ENERGY
> > + tristate "pseries energy management capabilities driver"
> > + depends on PPC_PSERIES
> > + default y
> > + help
> > + Provides interface to platform energy management capabilities
> > + on supported PSERIES platforms.
> > + Provides: /sys/devices/system/cpu/pseries_(de)activation_hint_list
> > + and /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuN/pseries_(de)activation_hint
> > +
> > config SCANLOG
> > tristate "Scanlog dump interface"
> > depends on RTAS_PROC && PPC_PSERIES
>
> .....
>
> > +static int __init pseries_energy_init(void)
> > +{
> > + int cpu, err;
> > + struct sys_device *cpu_sys_dev;
> > +
> > + /* Create the sysfs files */
> > + err = sysfs_create_file(&cpu_sysdev_class.kset.kobj,
> > + &attr_cpu_activate_hint_list.attr);
> > + if (!err)
> > + err = sysfs_create_file(&cpu_sysdev_class.kset.kobj,
> > + &attr_cpu_deactivate_hint_list.attr);
> > +
> > + for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
> > + cpu_sys_dev = get_cpu_sysdev(cpu);
> > + err = sysfs_create_file(&cpu_sys_dev->kobj,
> > + &attr_percpu_activate_hint.attr);
> > + if (err)
> > + break;
> > + err = sysfs_create_file(&cpu_sys_dev->kobj,
> > + &attr_percpu_deactivate_hint.attr);
> > + if (err)
> > + break;
> > + }
> > + return err;
> > +
> > +}
>
> Shouldn't we create this only for supported platforms ?
Hi Dipankar,
Yes we will need a check like
firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_BEST_ENERGY) to avoid sysfs files in
unsupported platforms. I will add that check in the next iteration.
Thanks,
Vaidy
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