Add support for sched_mc on Arm platform

Registered by Vincent Guittot

Blueprint information

Status:
Complete
Approver:
Amit Kucheria
Priority:
Essential
Drafter:
Vincent Guittot
Direction:
Approved
Assignee:
Vincent Guittot
Definition:
Approved
Series goal:
Accepted for trunk
Implementation:
Implemented
Milestone target:
milestone icon 2011.09
Started by
Amit Kucheria
Completed by
Mounir Bsaibes

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Whiteboard

Headline: Add topology detection for ARM thus allowing scheduler to be tweaked to save power.

Acceptance: https://wiki.linaro.org/WorkingGroups/PowerManagement/Specs/sched_mc#Tests

Work Items for 2011.08
[vincent-guittot] Get patch in Russell's tree : DONE

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Work Items

Work items for 2011.07:
[vincent-guittot] Enable sched_mc for Arm: DONE
[vincent-guittot] Publish git tree for sched_mc patches: DONE
[amitk] Publish Consolidated git tree containing sched_mc patches and enable in LEBs: DONE

Work items for 2011.09:
[vincent-guittot] add Arm specific configuration for sched_mc: DONE
[vincent-guittot] Finish documenting sched_mc usage in wiki page and maybe kernel documentation: DONE

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