linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] thermal: of: Allow selection of thermal governor in DT

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Date:   Thu, 8 Mar 2018 11:12:21 +0530
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:     Amit Kucheria <amit.kucheria@...aro.org>
Cc:     Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>,
        Ram Chandrasekar <rkumbako@...eaurora.org>,
        DTML <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        Lina Iyer <ilina@...eaurora.org>,
        Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
        Eduardo Valentin <edubezval@...il.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Linux PM list <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] thermal: of: Allow selection of thermal governor in DT

On 08-03-18, 11:05, Amit Kucheria wrote:
> Interestingly enough, there are some patches that make the thermal
> framework start earlier to deal with boot-time thermal issues. I
> expect to post them soon. :-) These are required, for example, if the
> device goes into a reboot loop - the device might not even make it to
> the point in userspace where the governors are setup. In such a loop,
> the temperature constantly keeps increasing.
> 
> I was refering to the 'make defconfig' out-of-box experience that
> makes the majority of developer boards/devices out there stable to
> work on. I can't do that today.

Fair enough, but I am still not sure if we should put something that defines our
thermal policy into DT which should describe hardware.

-- 
viresh