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Michael Opdenacker | 7 Nov 2011 08:14
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Embedded Linux Conference Europe 2011 videos

Greetings,

We are pleased to release the videos of the Embedded Linux Conference
Europe that took place one week ago in Prague:
http://free-electrons.com/blog/elce-2011-videos/

Happy downloads!

Michael.

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Wolfram Sang | 7 Nov 2011 09:38
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Re: Embedded Linux Conference Europe 2011 videos

On Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 08:14:06AM +0100, Michael Opdenacker wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> We are pleased to release the videos of the Embedded Linux Conference
> Europe that took place one week ago in Prague:
> http://free-electrons.com/blog/elce-2011-videos/

Wow, that was _very_ fast! Congrats and thanks!

   Wolfram

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R, Durgadoss | 8 Nov 2011 12:09
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A new Subsystem for Current Management

Hi All,

[Very Sorry for the Big Email]

[I have posted this on lm-sensors and platform-drivers-x86
lists earlier. As per some recommendations there, posting it
here]

As we all know, Linux is increasingly being used in handhelds.
The Hardware that supports the handhelds is also becoming
Performance-centric. With this, we need a way to efficiently
monitor the current consumption of the platform and take actions
when the platform draws more current, than it should.

Where this can happen ?
-----------------------
In a handheld, there are many components that demand high
Current. For example, Camera Flash, Video Streaming, 3G Voice
Call etc. Typically, two or more of these components are used
simultaneously in a real-time scenario. When this happens, the
current draw of the platform surges. If this surge lasts for
more than a specific time, it could crash the platform irrecoverably.

How do we tackle this ?
-----------------------
In Intel Medfield (Atom based) platform we had a driver that
Configures the current limits. When the platform current draws
more current than the programmed limit, the hardware generates
interrupt. The driver receives this interrupt and notifies the
user space to take appropriate actions.
(Continue reading)

Felipe Balbi | 8 Nov 2011 12:15
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Re: A new Subsystem for Current Management

Hi,

On Tue, Nov 08, 2011 at 04:39:17PM +0530, R, Durgadoss wrote:
> [Very Sorry for the Big Email]
> 
> [I have posted this on lm-sensors and platform-drivers-x86
> lists earlier. As per some recommendations there, posting it
> here]
> 
> As we all know, Linux is increasingly being used in handhelds.
> The Hardware that supports the handhelds is also becoming
> Performance-centric. With this, we need a way to efficiently
> monitor the current consumption of the platform and take actions
> when the platform draws more current, than it should.
> 
> Where this can happen ?
> -----------------------
> In a handheld, there are many components that demand high
> Current. For example, Camera Flash, Video Streaming, 3G Voice
> Call etc. Typically, two or more of these components are used
> simultaneously in a real-time scenario. When this happens, the
> current draw of the platform surges. If this surge lasts for
> more than a specific time, it could crash the platform irrecoverably.
> 
> How do we tackle this ?
> -----------------------
> In Intel Medfield (Atom based) platform we had a driver that
> Configures the current limits. When the platform current draws
> more current than the programmed limit, the hardware generates
> interrupt. The driver receives this interrupt and notifies the
(Continue reading)

R, Durgadoss | 8 Nov 2011 12:25
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RE: A new Subsystem for Current Management

Hi,

[snip.]
> >
> > I would like to see the opinion of the community on this entire
> > stuff, before I start writing some code.
> 
> looks like this should be done on hwmon ?

We discussed it there. The link I sent in the previous mail,
has all the discussions. 

Thanks,
Durga
Christian Gagneraud | 8 Nov 2011 12:58
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Re: A new Subsystem for Current Management

On 08/11/11 11:09, R, Durgadoss wrote:
> Hi All,

Hi Durga,

>
> [Very Sorry for the Big Email]
>
> [I have posted this on lm-sensors and platform-drivers-x86
> lists earlier. As per some recommendations there, posting it
> here]
>
> As we all know, Linux is increasingly being used in handhelds.
> The Hardware that supports the handhelds is also becoming
> Performance-centric. With this, we need a way to efficiently
> monitor the current consumption of the platform and take actions
> when the platform draws more current, than it should.
>
> Where this can happen ?
> -----------------------
> In a handheld, there are many components that demand high
> Current. For example, Camera Flash, Video Streaming, 3G Voice
> Call etc. Typically, two or more of these components are used
> simultaneously in a real-time scenario. When this happens, the
> current draw of the platform surges. If this surge lasts for
> more than a specific time, it could crash the platform irrecoverably.
>
> How do we tackle this ?
> -----------------------
> In Intel Medfield (Atom based) platform we had a driver that
(Continue reading)

Mark Brown | 8 Nov 2011 14:56
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Re: A new Subsystem for Current Management

On Tue, Nov 08, 2011 at 04:39:17PM +0530, R, Durgadoss wrote:

> [I have posted this on lm-sensors and platform-drivers-x86
> lists earlier. As per some recommendations there, posting it
> here]

lkml would probably be useful.  It'd also help if you could publish code
along with your mail, in general people are much more likely to review
concrete code.

> In simple terms, this framework will offer something like this:
> 	Current[1-N]_limit - set of current limits
> 	Voltage[1-X]_limit - set of voltage limits

What would the voltage limits be?  Whatever is going on here there
should be some integration with the regulator framework, modern
regulators are often able to report when they go out of regulator and
able to impose current limits.

Gmane