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From: mark.rutland@arm•com (Mark Rutland)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v6 2/2] Documentation: devicetree: Add boost-frequency binding to list boost mode frequency
Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 14:08:27 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140530130827.GK24233@leverpostej> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1401440477-4328-3-git-send-email-thomas.ab@samsung.com>

Hi,

Apologies for being somewhat late w.r.t. review on this.

On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 10:01:17AM +0100, Thomas Abraham wrote:
> From: Thomas Abraham <thomas.ab@samsung•com>
> 
> Add a new optional boost-frequency binding for specifying the frequencies
> usable in boost mode.
> 
> Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel•org>
> Cc: Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@arm•com>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm•com>
> Cc: Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@hellion•org.uk>
> Cc: Kumar Gala <galak@codeaurora•org>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Abraham <thomas.ab@samsung•com>
> Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro•org>
> Acked-by: Nishanth Menon <nm@ti•com>
> Acked-by: Lukasz Majewski <l.majewski@samsung•com>
> ---
>  .../devicetree/bindings/cpufreq/cpufreq-boost.txt  |   38 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 38 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpufreq/cpufreq-boost.txt
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpufreq/cpufreq-boost.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpufreq/cpufreq-boost.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..63ed0fc
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpufreq/cpufreq-boost.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
> +* Device tree binding for CPU boost frequency (aka over-clocking)
> +
> +Certain CPU's can be operated in optional 'boost' mode (or sometimes referred as

Nit: CPUs (we're not greengrocers [1])

> +overclocking) in which the CPU can operate at frequencies which are not
> +specified by the manufacturer as CPU's operating frequency.
> +
> +Optional Properties:
> +- boost-frequencies: list of frequencies in KHz to be used only in boost mode.
> +  This list should be a subset of frequencies listed in "operating-points"
> +  property. Refer to Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/opp.txt for
> +  details about "operating-points" property.

What is 'boost-mode'?

What are the limitations on boost frequencies? When is a CPU expected to
go to these frequencies and for now long? When should I as a dt author
place elements in boost-frequencies?

Why are these in both operating-points and boost-frequencies? It'll be
really easy to accidentally forget to mark something as a
boost-frequency this way. Why not have a boost-points instead?

> +
> +Example:
> +
> +	cpus {
> +		#address-cells = <1>;
> +		#size-cells = <0>;
> +		cpu at 0 {
> +			device_type = "cpu";
> +			compatible = "arm,cortex-a9";
> +			reg = <0>;
> +
> +			operating-points = <
> +				1500000 1350000
> +				1400000 1287500
> +				1300000 1250000
> +				1200000 1187500
> +				1100000 1137500
> +				1000000 1087500
> +			>;
> +			boost-frequencies = <1500000 1400000>;

This is more of a general issue, but I hate the whole cpufreq-cpu0 way
of assuming that all CPUs mirror CPU0.

It would be nicer if either this were dropped in /cpus or repeated
per-cpu.

Cheers,
Mark.

> +		};
> +		cpu at 1 {
> +			device_type = "cpu";
> +			compatible = "arm,cortex-a9";
> +			reg = <1>;
> +		};
> +	};
> -- 
> 1.7.9.5
> 
> 

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe#Superfluous_apostrophes_.28.22greengrocers.27_apostrophes.22.29

  reply	other threads:[~2014-05-30 13:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-05-30  9:01 [PATCH v6 0/2] cpufreq: opp: Add device tree based lookup of boost mode frequency Thomas Abraham
2014-05-30  9:01 ` [PATCH v6 1/2] cpufreq / OPP: Allow boost frequency to be looked up from device tree Thomas Abraham
2014-05-30  9:01 ` [PATCH v6 2/2] Documentation: devicetree: Add boost-frequency binding to list boost mode frequency Thomas Abraham
2014-05-30 13:08   ` Mark Rutland [this message]
2014-05-30 18:05     ` Thomas Abraham
2014-05-30 18:15       ` Tomasz Figa
2014-05-30 18:33         ` Thomas Abraham
2014-05-30 18:35           ` Tomasz Figa
2014-05-30 18:38         ` Sudeep Holla
2014-05-30 18:41           ` Tomasz Figa
2014-05-30 18:48             ` Sudeep Holla
2014-05-30 18:55       ` Mark Rutland
2014-05-30 19:50         ` Nishanth Menon
2014-05-30 20:02           ` Tomasz Figa
2014-05-30 20:13             ` Nishanth Menon
2014-05-30 20:19               ` Tomasz Figa
2014-05-30 20:33                 ` Nishanth Menon
2014-05-30 20:43                   ` Tomasz Figa
2014-05-30 21:01                     ` Nishanth Menon
2014-05-30 20:45                   ` Rob Herring
2014-05-30 20:59                     ` Nishanth Menon
2014-05-30 12:19 ` [PATCH v6 0/2] cpufreq: opp: Add device tree based lookup of " Rafael J. Wysocki
2014-05-30 14:47   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2014-05-30 18:07     ` Thomas Abraham
2014-05-30 21:17       ` Rafael J. Wysocki

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