linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 18/18] cpufreq: scmi: add support for fast frequency switching

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Message-ID: <5bb13d54-f07b-6ca3-c77a-d7bebcdfc770@arm.com>
Date:   Wed, 9 Aug 2017 11:17:51 +0100
From:   Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
To:     Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Cc:     Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>,
        ALKML <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        DTML <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        Roy Franz <roy.franz@...ium.com>,
        Harb Abdulhamid <harba@...eaurora.org>,
        Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Loc Ho <lho@....com>, Alexey Klimov <alexey.klimov@....com>,
        Ryan Harkin <Ryan.Harkin@....com>,
        Jassi Brar <jassisinghbrar@...il.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 18/18] cpufreq: scmi: add support for fast frequency
 switching



On 09/08/17 11:13, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> On 09-08-17, 11:09, Sudeep Holla wrote:
>> Firmware needs to serialize or override based on the timing of the two
>> consecutive requests.
> 
> Maybe add a comment over that routine and detail its working a bit? Like its not
> synchronous, etc. I expect that you would also add a callback with SCMI, so that
> the cpufreq driver is notified when frequency is changed ?
> 

OK, will do. Yes, I don't have firmware implementing notifications yet,
so waiting until I can test it.

-- 
Regards,
Sudeep