linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] base/drivers/topology: Default dmpis-mhz if they are not set in DT

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Date:   Tue, 30 Oct 2018 14:15:02 +0530
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:     Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
Cc:     rjw@...ysocki.net, vincent.guittot@...aro.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Chris Redpath <chris.redpath@...aro.org>,
        Quentin Perret <quentin.perret@...aro.org>,
        Amit Kucheria <amit.kucheria@...aro.org>,
        Nicolas Dechesne <nicolas.dechesne@...aro.org>,
        Niklas Cassel <niklas.cassel@...aro.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] base/drivers/topology: Default dmpis-mhz if they are
 not set in DT

On 30-10-18, 09:39, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE is the default value in this file.
> 
> eg.
> 
> DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, cpu_scale) = SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE
> ...
> pr_err("cpu_capacity: partial information: fallback to 1024 for all
> CPUs\n");
> ...
> 
> So I prefer to use the SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE for consistency.

> Yes, it is the default behavior as stated in the documentation:
> 
> "capacity-dmips-mhz property is all-or-nothing: if it is specified for a
> cpu node, it has to be specified for every other cpu nodes, or the
> system will fall back to the default capacity value for every CPU."
> 
> and also in the error message:
> 
> pr_err("cpu_capacity: partial information: fallback to 1024 for all
> CPUs\n");

Okay.

-- 
viresh