linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/10] ARM: dts: sun[4-7]i: Remove "cooling-{min|max}-level" for CPU nodes

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Date:   Tue, 13 Feb 2018 17:18:52 +0800
From:   Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>
To:     Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...tlin.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc:     Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
        Rafael Wysocki <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        "open list:THERMAL" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Eduardo Valentin <edubezval@...il.com>,
        Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        devicetree <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/10] ARM: dts: sun[4-7]i: Remove "cooling-{min|max}-level"
 for CPU nodes

On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 5:13 PM, Maxime Ripard
<maxime.ripard@...tlin.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 09, 2018 at 02:28:04PM +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote:
>> The "cooling-min-level" and "cooling-max-level" properties are not
>> parsed by any part of the kernel currently and the max cooling state of
>> a CPU cooling device is found by referring to the cpufreq table instead.

That doesn't mean that other systems aren't using it. It's still part of
the device tree binding. Last I checked, while they are optional, they
aren't deprecated.

Any comments from the device tree maintainers?

>>
>> Remove the unused properties from the CPU nodes.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
>
> Applied, thanks!
> Maxime
>
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> Maxime Ripard, Bootlin (formerly Free Electrons)
> Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
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