linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 0/3] Broadcom STB AVS CPUfreq driver

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Date:   Mon, 14 Nov 2016 01:32:44 +0100
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:     Markus Mayer <markus.mayer@...adcom.com>
Cc:     Markus Mayer <code@...yer.net>, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
        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 v5 0/3] Broadcom STB AVS CPUfreq driver

On Friday, November 04, 2016 10:00:19 AM Markus Mayer wrote:
> On 27 October 2016 at 14:05, Markus Mayer <code@...yer.net> wrote:
> > From: Markus Mayer <mmayer@...adcom.com>
> >
> > 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).
> 
> Viresh, Rafael, are you ready to take this series? Rob gave his Ack
> for the DT binding.

Applied.

Thanks,
Rafael