Subject: [PATCH v4 2/2] dt: power: st: Provide bindings for ST's OPPs

From: [email-masked] (Lee Jones)
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 09:14:03 +0100

On Tue, 28 Jul 2015, Stephen Boyd wrote:

> On 07/28, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> > Cc'ing few people (whom I cc'd last time as well :)).
> > 
> > On 27-07-15, 16:20, Lee Jones wrote:
> > > These OPPs are used in ST's CPUFreq implementation.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <[email-masked]>
> > > ---
> > > 
> > > Changelog:
> > >  - None, new patch
> > > 
> > >  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/opp-st.txt | 76 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  1 file changed, 76 insertions(+)
> > >  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/opp-st.txt
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/opp-st.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/opp-st.txt
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index 0000000..6eb2a91
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/opp-st.txt
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
> > > +STMicroelectronics OPP (Operating Performance Points) Bindings
> > > +--------------------------------------------------------------
> > > +
> > > +Frequency Scaling only
> > > +----------------------
> > > +
> > > +Located in CPU's node:
> > > +
> > > +- operating-points	: [See: ./opp.txt]
> > > +
> > > +Example [safe]
> > > +--------------
> > > +
> > > +cpus {
> > > +	cpu at 0 {
> > > +				 /* kHz     uV   */
> > > +		operating-points = <1500000 0
> > > +				    1200000 0
> > > +				    800000  0
> > > +				    500000  0>;
> > > +	};
> > > +};
> > > +
> > > +Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS)
> > > +--------------------------------------------
> > > +
> > > +Located in 'cpu0-opp-list' node [to be provided ONLY by the bootloader]:
> > > +
> > > +- compatible		: Should be "operating-points-v2-sti"
> > > +- opp{1..N} 		: Each 'oppX' subnode will contain the following properties:
> > 
> > Or should we mention:
> > - opp{1..N} 		: Each 'oppX' subnode shall contain below properties,
> >                           over what ./opp.txt defines:
> > 
> > ?
> > 
> > 
> > > + - opp-hz		: CPU frequency [Hz] for this OPP [See: ./opp.txt]
> > > + - st,avs		: List of available voltages [uV] indexed by process code
> > > + - st,cuts		: Cut version this OPP is suitable for [0xFF means ALL]
> > > + - st,substrate		: Substrate version this OPP is suitable for [0xFF means ALL]
> > > +- st,syscfg		: Phandle to Major number register
> > > +				First cell: offset to major number
> > > +- st,syscfg-eng		: Phandle to Minor number and Pcode registers
> > > +				First cell: offset to process code
> > > +				Second cell: offset to minor number
> > > +
> > > +WARNING: The opp{1..N} nodes will be provided by the bootloader.  Do not attempt to
> > > +	 artificially synthesise the opp{1..N} nodes or any of their descendants.
> > > +	 They are very platform specific and may damage the hardware if created
> > > +	 incorrectly.
> > > +
> > > +Example [unsafe]
> > > +----------------
> > > +
> > > +cpus {
> > > +	cpu at 0 {
> > > +		operating-points-v2	= <&cpu0_opp_list>;
> > > +	};
> > > +};
> > > +
> > > +/* ############################################################ */
> > > +/* # WARNING: Do not attempt to copy/replicate this node,     # */
> > > +/* #          it is only to be supplied by the bootloader !!! # */
> > > +/* ############################################################ */
> > > +cpu0-opp-list {
> > > +	compatible	= "operating-points-v2-sti";
> > > +	st,syscfg	= <&syscfg [major_offset]>;
> > > +	st,syscfg-eng   = <&syscfg_eng [pcode_offset] [minor_offset]>;
> > > +
> > > +	opp0 {
> > > +		opp-hz		= <1200000000>;
> > > +		st,avs		= <1110 1150 1100 1080 1040 1020 980 930>;
> > > +		st,substrate	= <0xff>;
> > > +		st,cuts		= <0xff>;
> > > +	};
> > > +	opp1 {
> > > +		opp-hz		= <1500000000>;
> > > +		st,avs		= <1200 1200 1200 1200 1170 1140 1100 1070>;
> > > +		st,substrate	= <0xff>;
> > > +		st,cuts		= <0x2>;
> > > +	};
> > > +};
> > 
> > I don't see more problems here, unless we can move some of this to the
> > generic bindings.
> > 
> > @Rob/Stephen: Please respond before it is late :)
> 
> It's interesting to have vendor specific properties like avs,
> cuts, and substrate. That could replace our planned usage of the
> opp-names property where we encode similar information (speed
> bin, revision, etc.) into a string that we look for.
> 
> So I wonder why the avs/cut/substrate information can't be
> encoded into the opp name? That would make these properties
> obsolete, given that all they're used for is to pick out the
> correct OPP?

You could hack the substrate and cut version into a string, but that's
exactly what it would be, a hack.  I'm struggling how you would do the
same for 'st,avs', which is an array of u32s.

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