Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 28 Sep 2020 14:32:20 +0300 | From | Heikki Krogerus <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/3] software node: Power management operations for software nodes |
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On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 05:54:37PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 3:59 PM Heikki Krogerus > <heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com> wrote: > > > > Adding separate PM operations vector for the software nodes. > > The software node specific PM operations make it possible to > > handle most PM related quirks separately in their own > > functions instead of conditionally in the device driver's > > generic PM functions (and in some cases all over the > > driver). The software node specific PM operations will also > > reduce the need to pass platform data in some cases, for > > example from a core MFD driver to the child device drivers, > > as from now on the core MFD driver will be able to implement > > the PM quirks directly for the child devices without the > > need to touch the drivers of those child devices. > > > > If a software node includes the PM operations, those PM > > operations are always executed separately on top of the > > other PM operations of the device, so the software node will > > never replace any of the "normal" PM operations of the > > device (including the PM domain's operations, class's or > > bus's PM operations, the device drivers own operations, or > > any other). > > This isn't consistent with the code changes AFAICS. > > The swnode PM operations are implemented as a PM domain ops, which > means that they will be executed instead of any other existing ops > rather than in addition to those. > > For example, software_node_prepare() will skip bus type ops if they > are present and there is no "primary" PM domain which seems not > intended.
True. I thought the pm_generic_*() functions will take care of also the bus ops, but of course they don't do that.
> Also some comments might help to understand the design.
OK.
thanks,
-- heikki
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