linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] thermal: of: Introduce governor selection in dts

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Message-ID: <CAJKOXPcpCH9ZGtAqjLsOBgop2bSkyjrvUaxJfie6MX=gvdbEqg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 7 Aug 2015 16:18:41 +0900
From:	Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>
To:	Chung-Yih Wang (王崇懿) 
	<cywang@...omium.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
	Eduardo Valentin <edubezval@...il.com>,
	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>, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] thermal: of: Introduce governor selection in dts

2015-08-07 16:09 GMT+09:00 Chung-Yih Wang (王崇懿) <cywang@...omium.org>:
> As there could be more thermal zones on a system and
> more variety in thermal governors provided in kernel,
> this patch provides flexibility of governor selection
> for a thermal zone declared in device tree.

How is this a property of a hardware, of a board?

>
> Change-Id: Ie4a75d762709cbbe9f1806dae325d13f71982e78

This tag should not go to upstream.

Best regards,
Krzysztof


> Signed-off-by: Chung-yih Wang <cywang@...omium.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal.txt |  9 +++++++++
>  drivers/thermal/of-thermal.c                          | 10 ++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal.txt
> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal.txt
> index 8a49362..30a5d41 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal.txt
> @@ -174,6 +174,13 @@ Optional property:
>                         2000mW, while on a 10'' tablet is around
>                         4500mW.
>
> +- thermal-governor-name:       The name of governor used to control the
> +                               thermal zone instead of the default one
> +                               specified in kernel config. For reference, if
> +                               default governor is step_wise, one could
> +                               select power_allocator for cpu_thermal zone
> +                               in dts.
> +
>  Note: The delay properties are bound to the maximum dT/dt (temperature
>  derivative over time) in two situations for a thermal zone:
>  (i)  - when passive cooling is activated (polling-delay-passive); and
> @@ -555,6 +562,8 @@ thermal-zones {
>
>                 sustainable-power = <2500>;
>
> +               thermal-governor-name = "power_allocator";
> +
>                 trips {
>                         /* Trips are based on resulting linear equation */
>                         cpu_trip: cpu-trip {
> diff --git a/drivers/thermal/of-thermal.c b/drivers/thermal/of-thermal.c
> index b295b2b..45570ac 100644
> --- a/drivers/thermal/of-thermal.c
> +++ b/drivers/thermal/of-thermal.c
> @@ -882,6 +882,7 @@ int __init of_parse_thermal_zones(void)
>         }
>
>         for_each_child_of_node(np, child) {
> +               const char *governor_name;
>                 struct thermal_zone_device *zone;
>                 struct thermal_zone_params *tzp;
>                 int i, mask = 0;
> @@ -909,6 +910,15 @@ int __init of_parse_thermal_zones(void)
>                         goto exit_free;
>                 }
>
> +               /* Select a preferred governor if declared */
> +               if (!of_property_read_string(child,
> +                                            "thermal-governor-name",
> +                                            &governor_name)) {
> +                       strncpy(tzp->governor_name,
> +                               governor_name,
> +                               sizeof(tzp->governor_name) - 1);
> +               }
> +
>                 /* No hwmon because there might be hwmon drivers registering */
>                 tzp->no_hwmon = true;
>
> --
> 2.1.2
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