linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] dt-bindings: opp: Introduce bandwidth-MBps bindings

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Message-ID: <20190424053327.xatmhs3hx62c7tn5@vireshk-i7>
Date:   Wed, 24 Apr 2019 11:03:27 +0530
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:     Georgi Djakov <georgi.djakov@...aro.org>
Cc:     vireshk@...nel.org, sboyd@...nel.org, nm@...com,
        robh+dt@...nel.org, mark.rutland@....com, rjw@...ysocki.net,
        jcrouse@...eaurora.org, vincent.guittot@...aro.org,
        bjorn.andersson@...aro.org, amit.kucheria@...aro.org,
        seansw@....qualcomm.com, daidavid1@...eaurora.org,
        evgreen@...omium.org, sibis@...eaurora.org,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] dt-bindings: opp: Introduce bandwidth-MBps
 bindings

On 23-04-19, 16:28, Georgi Djakov wrote:
> In addition to frequency and voltage, some devices may have bandwidth
> requirements for their interconnect throughput - for example a CPU
> or GPU may also need to increase or decrease their bandwidth to DDR
> memory based on the current operating performance point.
> 
> Extend the OPP tables with additional property to describe the bandwidth
> needs of a device. The average and peak bandwidth values depend on the
> hardware and its properties.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Georgi Djakov <georgi.djakov@...aro.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/opp/opp.txt | 38 +++++++++++++++++++
>  .../devicetree/bindings/property-units.txt    |  4 ++
>  2 files changed, 42 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/opp/opp.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/opp/opp.txt
> index 76b6c79604a5..830f0206aea7 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/opp/opp.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/opp/opp.txt
> @@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ Optional properties:
>  - opp-level: A value representing the performance level of the device,
>    expressed as a 32-bit integer.
>  
> +- bandwidth-MBps: The interconnect bandwidth is specified with an array containing
> +  the two integer values for average and peak bandwidth in megabytes per second.
> +
>  - clock-latency-ns: Specifies the maximum possible transition latency (in
>    nanoseconds) for switching to this OPP from any other OPP.
>  
> @@ -546,3 +549,38 @@ Example 6: opp-microvolt-<name>, opp-microamp-<name>:
>  		};
>  	};
>  };
> +
> +Example 7: bandwidth-MBps:
> +Average and peak bandwidth values for the interconnects between CPU and DDR
> +memory and also between CPU and L3 are defined per each OPP. Bandwidth of both
> +interconnects is scaled together with CPU frequency.
> +
> +/ {
> +	cpus {
> +		CPU0: cpu@0 {
> +			compatible = "arm,cortex-a53", "arm,armv8";
> +			...
> +			operating-points-v2 = <&cpu_opp_table>;
> +			/* path between CPU and DDR memory and CPU and L3 */
> +			interconnects = <&noc MASTER_CPU &noc SLAVE_DDR>,
> +					<&noc MASTER_CPU &noc SLAVE_L3>;
> +		};
> +	};
> +
> +	cpu_opp_table: cpu_opp_table {
> +		compatible = "operating-points-v2";
> +		opp-shared;
> +
> +		opp-200000000 {
> +			opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <200000000>;
> +			/* CPU<->DDR bandwidth: 457 MB/s average, 1525 MB/s peak */
> +			 * CPU<->L3 bandwidth: 914 MB/s average, 3050 MB/s peak */
> +			bandwidth-MBps = <457 1525>, <914 3050>;
> +		};
> +		opp-400000000 {
> +			opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <400000000>;
> +			/* CPU<->DDR bandwidth: 915 MB/s average, 3051 MB/s peak */
> +			 * CPU<->L3 bandwidth: 1828 MB/s average, 6102 MB/s peak */
> +			bandwidth-MBps = <915 3051>, <1828 6102>;
> +		};
> +	};
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/property-units.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/property-units.txt
> index bfd33734faca..9c3dbefcdae8 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/property-units.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/property-units.txt
> @@ -41,3 +41,7 @@ Temperature
>  Pressure
>  ----------------------------------------
>  -kpascal	: kiloPascal
> +
> +Throughput
> +----------------------------------------
> +-MBps		: megabytes per second

LGTM

-- 
viresh