linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 06/16] arm: topology: Define TC2 sched energy and provide it to scheduler

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Message-ID: <20140603115015.GZ11096@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:	Tue, 3 Jun 2014 13:50:15 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@....com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
	mingo@...nel.org, rjw@...ysocki.net, vincent.guittot@...aro.org,
	daniel.lezcano@...aro.org, preeti@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	dietmar.eggemann@....com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 06/16] arm: topology: Define TC2 sched energy and
 provide it to scheduler

On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 07:16:33PM +0100, Morten Rasmussen wrote:
> +static struct capacity_state cap_states_cluster_a7[] = {
> +	/* Cluster only power */
> +	 { .cap =  358, .power = 2967, }, /*  350 MHz */
> +	 { .cap =  410, .power = 2792, }, /*  400 MHz */
> +	 { .cap =  512, .power = 2810, }, /*  500 MHz */
> +	 { .cap =  614, .power = 2815, }, /*  600 MHz */
> +	 { .cap =  717, .power = 2919, }, /*  700 MHz */
> +	 { .cap =  819, .power = 2847, }, /*  800 MHz */
> +	 { .cap =  922, .power = 3917, }, /*  900 MHz */
> +	 { .cap = 1024, .power = 4905, }, /* 1000 MHz */
> +	};

So one thing I remember was that we spoke about restricting this to
frequency levels where the voltage changed.

Because voltage jumps were the biggest factor to energy usage.

Any word on that?

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