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diff --git a/Documentation/cpuidle/driver.txt b/Documentation/cpuidle/driver.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 1b0d81d92583..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/cpuidle/driver.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,37 +0,0 @@ - - - Supporting multiple CPU idle levels in kernel - - cpuidle drivers - - - - -cpuidle driver hooks into the cpuidle infrastructure and handles the -architecture/platform dependent part of CPU idle states. Driver -provides the platform idle state detection capability and also -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); -extern void cpuidle_unregister_device(struct cpuidle_device *dev); - -extern void cpuidle_pause_and_lock(void); -extern void cpuidle_resume_and_unlock(void); -extern int cpuidle_enable_device(struct cpuidle_device *dev); -extern void cpuidle_disable_device(struct cpuidle_device *dev); |