linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] Broadcom STB AVS CPUfreq driver

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Message-ID: <20161013054506.GB2991@vireshk-i7>
Date:   Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:15:06 +0530
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:     Markus Mayer <mmayer@...adcom.com>
Cc:     "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Broadcom Kernel List <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
        Device Tree List <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        Power Management List <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] Broadcom STB AVS CPUfreq driver

On 12-10-16, 15:12, Markus Mayer wrote:
> This series contains the CPUfreq driver for Broadcom SoCs that use "AVS
> Firmware" for voltage and frequency scaling. All voltage and frequency
> transitions are performed by the firmware and are therefore hidden from
> Linux.
> 
> The driver provides a standard CPUfreq interface to other kernel
> components and to userland on the one hand and communicates with the
> AVS co-processor on the other.
> 
> Communication between the two processors is via shared mailbox
> registers and interrupts (ARM -> AVS to tell the firmware that there is
> a command to process and AVS -> ARM to tell the driver that a command
> finished executing).
> 
> Changes from v3:
>     - moved code from brcm_avs_cpufreq_exit() into brcm_avs_cpufreq_remove()
>     - removed brcm_avs_cpufreq_exit() altogether

For the entire series:

Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>

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viresh