linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM64: dts: meson-gxbb-odroidc2: Disable SCPI DVFS

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <70c0537a-0e16-ed69-ab90-c8e69e44b5f3@poczta.onet.pl>
Date:   Fri, 6 Jan 2017 14:12:21 +0100
From:   Michał Zegan <webczat_200@...zta.onet.pl>
To:     Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>,
        Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>, khilman@...libre.com,
        carlo@...one.org
Cc:     linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM64: dts: meson-gxbb-odroidc2: Disable SCPI DVFS

Yes, I meant what you think I meant. :) thanks

W dniu 06.01.2017 o 12:54, Sudeep Holla pisze:
> Hi Michał,
> 
> On 05/01/17 19:04, Michał Zegan wrote:
>> Hello.
>>
>> The patch causes cpufreq module (scpi-cpufreq) not to detect cpufreq, so
>> it actually works, but...
>> Loading the module causes few errors because of not found frequencies or
>> something, then it is all okay. However after loading scpi-cpufreq you
>> cannot actually power the cpu off and on. You will power it off
>> successfully, but when trying to power it on, the cpufreq driver will
>> error out, 
> 
> Yes I had noticed this in past, this needs to be fixed. I had a patch
> and seems like it slipped through the cracks. I will fins and post it.
> 
>> and then after it happens, the cpu that was trying to go
>> online will be offline again, and that is a little... unfortunate. The
> 
> IIUC, you mean the cpufreq drive spits error on every hotplug event ?
> If so yes, otherwise I think I didn't understand you concern above.
> 
>> question is, and I cannot really test that: will the module actually
>> autoload after this change?
>>
> 
> It should work, I had tested this in past.
> 



Download attachment "signature.asc" of type "application/pgp-signature" (526 bytes)