linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 3/8] cpufreq: imx6q: Set max suspend

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Date:   Tue, 28 Mar 2017 22:50:50 +0200
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:     Leonard Crestez <leonard.crestez@....com>
Cc:     Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>,
        Sascha Hauer <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
        Robin Gong <yibin.gong@....com>,
        Anson Huang <Anson.Huang@....com>,
        Irina Tirdea <irina.tirdea@....com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@....com>,
        Octavian Purdila <octavian.purdila@....com>,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 3/8] cpufreq: imx6q: Set max suspend_freq to avoid changes during suspend

On Tuesday, March 28, 2017 11:03:51 PM Leonard Crestez wrote:
> On Thu, 2017-03-23 at 10:04 +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> > On 22-03-17, 18:53, Leonard Crestez wrote:
> > > If the cpufreq driver tries to modify voltage/freq during suspend/resume
> > > it might need to control an external PMIC via I2C or SPI but those
> > > devices might be already suspended.
> > > 
> > > To avoid this scenario we just increase cpufreq to highest setpoint
> > > before suspend. This issue can easily be triggered by ldo-bypass but in
> > > theory any regulator set_voltage call can end up having to modify
> > > external supply voltages.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Leonard Crestez <leonard.crestez@....com>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/cpufreq/imx6q-cpufreq.c | 2 ++
> > >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> > 
> > Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
> 
> The first couple of patches are obvious fixes despite being marked as
> RFC. It would be great if you could apply them to your tree separately

Why?

> from the rest of the series but I'm not sure what the process is here.

Well, you have to talk to me.

Thanks,
Rafael