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Until now, the devfreq driver using polling mode like simple_ondemand governor have used only deferrable timer for reducing the redundant power consumption. It reduces the CPU wake-up from idle due to polling mode which check the status of Non-CPU device. But, it has a problem for Non-CPU device like DMC device with DMA operation. Some Non-CPU device need to do monitor continuously regardless of CPU state in order to decide the proper next status of Non-CPU device. So, add support the delayed timer for polling mode to support the repetitive monitoring. The devfreq driver and user can select the kind of timer on either deferrable and delayed timer. For example, change the timer type of DMC device based on Exynos5422-based Odroid-XU3 as following: - If want to use deferrable timer as following: echo deferrable > /sys/class/devfreq/10c20000.memory-controller/timer - If want to use delayed timer as following: echo delayed > /sys/class/devfreq/10c20000.memory-controller/timer Reviewed-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> Reviewed-by: Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@samsung.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.