linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V5 00/10] PM / OPP: Multiple regulator support

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Message-ID: <CAJZ5v0iZPy+WiUDNu2BfuS3KPtZy4DHcYyz7tT56sGiCwMDGjg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 29 Nov 2016 13:48:49 +0100
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To:     Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Cc:     Rafael Wysocki <rjw@...ysocki.net>, Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>,
        Lists linaro-kernel <linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org>,
        Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Dave Gerlach <d-gerlach@...com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V5 00/10] PM / OPP: Multiple regulator support

On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 7:36 AM, Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Some platforms (like TI) have complex DVFS configuration for CPU
> devices, where multiple regulators are required to be configured to
> change DVFS state of the device. This was explained well by Nishanth
> earlier [1].
>
> One of the major complaints around multiple regulators case was that the
> DT isn't responsible in any way to represent the order in which multiple
> supplies need to be programmed, before or after a frequency change. It
> was considered in this patch and such information is left for the
> platform specific OPP driver now, which can register its own
> opp_set_rate() callback with the OPP core and the OPP core will then
> call it during DVFS.
>
> The patches are tested on Exynos5250 (Dual A15). I have hacked around DT
> and code to pass values for multiple regulators and verified that they
> are all properly read by the kernel (using debugfs interface).
>
> Dave Gerlach has already tested [2] it on the real TI platforms and it
> works well for him.
>
> This is rebased over: linux-next branch in the PM tree.
>
> V4->V5:
> - Stephen boyd had some minor review comments and gave his Reviewed-by
>   tag for the rest. Only 2 patches don't have his RBY tag.
> - Individual patches contain the version history from V4 to V5.

Cool.

I'd still like to see that everyone agrees with patch [6/10] in particular.

Thanks,
Rafael