Hello all,
I have an x86 based platform which is running android. I wanted to play around with the EAS patches to see if it would improve power numbers on it.
I had a few basic questions regarding this: 1) Can EAS be used with x86 based platforms ? I see some arm/arm64 energy model related patches in the eas integration tree (git://linux-arm.org/linux-power.git). However, there aren't any x86 specific changes present. Is that because no x86 specific changes are required or just that it is untested there ?
2) Is it expected that EAS would show significant power savings on SMP systems or just on HMP systems ?
3) Would there be any cpufreq/cpuidle integration be required for x86 specifically ? If so, would I need to base them on the arm stuff or is there any other reference code.
4) Are there other in-flight patches that need to be applied over the patches in the eas integration tree for best results ?
If indeed the EAS patches can be used on x86. then I would be interested in integrating and providing results on my platform. Please guide.
Regards, Darren