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authorRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>2013-04-27 23:54:49 (GMT)
committerRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>2013-04-27 23:54:49 (GMT)
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Merge branch 'pm-cpuidle'
* pm-cpuidle: (51 commits) cpuidle: add maintainer entry ARM: s3c64xx: cpuidle: use init/exit common routine SH: cpuidle: use init/exit common routine cpuidle: fix comment format ARM: imx: cpuidle: use init/exit common routine ARM: davinci: cpuidle: use init/exit common routine ARM: kirkwood: cpuidle: use init/exit common routine ARM: calxeda: cpuidle: use init/exit common routine ARM: tegra: cpuidle: use init/exit common routine for tegra3 ARM: tegra: cpuidle: use init/exit common routine for tegra2 ARM: OMAP4: cpuidle: use init/exit common routine ARM: shmobile: cpuidle: use init/exit common routine ARM: tegra: cpuidle: use init/exit common routine ARM: OMAP3: cpuidle: use init/exit common routine ARM: at91: cpuidle: use init/exit common routine ARM: ux500: cpuidle: use init/exit common routine cpuidle: make a single register function for all ARM: ux500: cpuidle: replace for_each_online_cpu by for_each_possible_cpu cpuidle: remove en_core_tk_irqen flag ARM: OMAP3: remove cpuidle_wrap_enter ...
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diff --git a/Documentation/cpuidle/driver.txt b/Documentation/cpuidle/driver.txt
index 7a9e09e..1b0d81d 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpuidle/driver.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cpuidle/driver.txt
@@ -15,11 +15,17 @@ has mechanisms in place to support actual entry-exit into CPU idle states.
cpuidle driver initializes the cpuidle_device structure for each CPU device
and registers with cpuidle using cpuidle_register_device.
+If all the idle states are the same, the wrapper function cpuidle_register
+could be used instead.
+
It can also support the dynamic changes (like battery <-> AC), by using
cpuidle_pause_and_lock, cpuidle_disable_device and cpuidle_enable_device,
cpuidle_resume_and_unlock.
Interfaces:
+extern int cpuidle_register(struct cpuidle_driver *drv,
+ const struct cpumask *const coupled_cpus);
+extern int cpuidle_unregister(struct cpuidle_driver *drv);
extern int cpuidle_register_driver(struct cpuidle_driver *drv);
extern void cpuidle_unregister_driver(struct cpuidle_driver *drv);
extern int cpuidle_register_device(struct cpuidle_device *dev);