Re: [PATCH] drivers/idle: make intel_idle.c driver more explicitly non-modular

From	rcochran@linutronix.de
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] drivers/idle: make intel_idle.c driver more explicitly non-modular
Date	2016-04-05 09:40 +0200
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On Tue, Apr 05, 2016 at 05:53:47AM +0000, Brown, Len wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 05, 2016 at 04:20:47AM +0000, Brown, Len wrote:
> > > No, I do not believe that cpuidle should bother
> > > supporting changing idle drivers at run-time.
> > 
> > Huh?  But you just said, "it would be good to be able to unload it
> > when it doesn't probe."
> 
> being able to switch the registered driver at run-time
> does not require the driver to be modular.

Uh, right, but you don't think that the cpuidle core should allow
changing drivers.  If it doesn't allowing changing drivers, then there
would be just one choice, compiled in, and thus none of the drivers
should be modular.

Or what do you mean?

Confused,
Richard

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Re: [PATCH] drivers/idle: make intel_idle.c driver more explicitly  non-modular Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> - 2016-04-04 22:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] drivers/idle: make intel_idle.c driver more explicitly  non-modular rcochran@linutronix.de - 2016-04-05 05:20 +0200
    RE: [PATCH] drivers/idle: make intel_idle.c driver more explicitly  non-modular "Brown, Len" <len.brown@intel.com> - 2016-04-05 06:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] drivers/idle: make intel_idle.c driver more explicitly  non-modular rcochran@linutronix.de - 2016-04-05 06:40 +0200
        RE: [PATCH] drivers/idle: make intel_idle.c driver more explicitly  non-modular "Brown, Len" <len.brown@intel.com> - 2016-04-05 08:00 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] drivers/idle: make intel_idle.c driver more explicitly  non-modular rcochran@linutronix.de - 2016-04-05 09:40 +0200
            Re: [PATCH] drivers/idle: make intel_idle.c driver more explicitly  non-modular Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org> - 2016-04-07 19:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] drivers/idle: make intel_idle.c driver more explicitly  non-modular Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> - 2016-04-05 20:30 +0200

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