linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 1/8] interconnect: Add generic on-chip interconnect API

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Date:   Fri, 3 Aug 2018 15:59:15 -0700
From:   Evan Green <evgreen@...omium.org>
To:     georgi.djakov@...aro.org
Cc:     linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        rjw@...ysocki.net, robh+dt@...nel.org,
        Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        khilman@...libre.com, Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Saravana Kannan <skannan@...eaurora.org>,
        Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        amit.kucheria@...aro.org, seansw@....qualcomm.com,
        daidavid1@...eaurora.org, mark.rutland@....com,
        lorenzo.pieralisi@....com, Alexandre Bailon <abailon@...libre.com>,
        arnd@...db.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/8] interconnect: Add generic on-chip interconnect API

On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 9:13 AM Georgi Djakov <georgi.djakov@...aro.org> wrote:
>
> This patch introduces a new API to get requirements and configure the
> interconnect buses across the entire chipset to fit with the current
> demand.
>
> The API is using a consumer/provider-based model, where the providers are
> the interconnect buses and the consumers could be various drivers.
> The consumers request interconnect resources (path) between endpoints and
> set the desired constraints on this data flow path. The providers receive
> requests from consumers and aggregate these requests for all master-slave
> pairs on that path. Then the providers configure each participating in the
> topology node according to the requested data flow path, physical links and
> constraints. The topology could be complicated and multi-tiered and is SoC
> specific.
>
> Signed-off-by: Georgi Djakov <georgi.djakov@...aro.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/interconnect/interconnect.rst |  96 ++++
>  drivers/Kconfig                             |   2 +
>  drivers/Makefile                            |   1 +
>  drivers/interconnect/Kconfig                |  10 +
>  drivers/interconnect/Makefile               |   2 +
>  drivers/interconnect/core.c                 | 569 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/interconnect-provider.h       | 125 +++++
>  include/linux/interconnect.h                |  42 ++
>  8 files changed, 847 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/interconnect/interconnect.rst
>  create mode 100644 drivers/interconnect/Kconfig
>  create mode 100644 drivers/interconnect/Makefile
>  create mode 100644 drivers/interconnect/core.c
>  create mode 100644 include/linux/interconnect-provider.h
>  create mode 100644 include/linux/interconnect.h
>

Thanks Georgi. This looks great!

Reviewed-by: Evan Green <evgreen@...omium.org>