linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: Add Kryo CPU scaling driver

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Date:   Mon, 21 May 2018 13:41:36 +0100
From:   Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To:     ilialin@...eaurora.org
Cc:     viresh.kumar@...aro.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-soc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-clk@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: Add Kryo CPU scaling driver

On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 03:35:07PM +0300, ilialin@...eaurora.org wrote:
> There are 2 CPU clusters in the Kryo, CPU 0 and 1 are called Silver Cluster
> and CPU 2 and 3 - Gold Cluster. Each cluster has single clock. The clusters
> differ in terms of speed capabilities, computing power and power
> consumption. Therefore, I define separate OPP table for each cluster, and my
> driver will choose the appropriate OPP subset for each cluster.
> Lead refers to first CPU in the cluster.

Ah, that is really confusing.  Lead can means many things.  Maybe a
little more verbosity with the names such as SILVER_CLUSTER_LEAD_CPU
would help?

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