linux-kernel - Re: [linux-sunxi] [PATCH] ARM: dts: sunxi: Raise minimum CPU voltage for sun7i-a20 to a level all boards can supply

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Date:	Mon, 3 Aug 2015 10:37:35 +0800
From:	Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>
To:	Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@...il.com>
Cc:	public_timo.s@...entcreek.de, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>,
	devicetree <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Mailing List, Arm" <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-sunxi <linux-sunxi@...glegroups.com>,
	Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>
Subject: Re: [linux-sunxi] [PATCH] ARM: dts: sunxi: Raise minimum CPU voltage
 for sun7i-a20 to a level all boards can supply

Hi,

On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 7:35 AM, Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@...il.com> wrote:
> Hi Timo,
>
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 5:23 AM, Timo Sigurdsson
> <public_timo.s@...entcreek.de> wrote:
>> sun7i-a20.dtsi contains an cpufreq operating point at 0.9 volts. Most A20 boards
>> (or all?), however, do not allow the voltage to go below 1.0V. Thus, raise the
>> voltage for the lowest operating point to 1.0V so all boards can actually use
>> it.
>
> Surely it wouldn't be added here if some could supply 0.9v.

On the side, the original OPPs in the FEX files are actually
frequency/voltage ranges, and not just points. Mainlines OPPv2
will support these, along with turbo frequencies.

Furthermore, the FEX files also have fields that limit the
minimum and maximum frequencies.

> Is the code that uses this smart enough to sensibly switch between two
> operating points with the same frequency and different voltages? If
> so, maybe just add a 144MHz @ 1.0v operating point?

You could try. Though I really don't see much to gain here.

> (Alternatively, would it make sense to modify the code that uses this
> to use frequencies with voltages specified that are lower than can be
> supplied with the lowest voltage it can?)

I think that's a bit harder to get accepted.


ChenYu
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