linux-kernel - Re: [Patch v4 0/7] Introduce Power domain based warming device driver

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Date:   Thu, 9 Jan 2020 10:02:30 -0500
From:   Thara Gopinath <thara.gopinath@...aro.org>
To:     rui.zhang@...el.com, ulf.hansson@...aro.org,
        daniel.lezcano@...aro.org, bjorn.andersson@...aro.org,
        agross@...nel.org
Cc:     amit.kucheria@...durent.com, mark.rutland@....com,
        rjw@...ysocki.net, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Patch v4 0/7] Introduce Power domain based warming device driver

On 11/20/2019 07:56 AM, Thara Gopinath wrote:
> Certain resources modeled as a generic power domain in linux kernel can be
> used to warm up the SoC (mx power domain on sdm845) if the temperature
> falls below certain threshold. These power domains can be considered as
> thermal warming devices.  (opposite of thermal cooling devices).
> 
> In kernel, these warming devices can be modeled as a thermal cooling
> device. Since linux kernel today has no instance of a resource modeled as
> a power domain acting as a thermal warming device, a generic power domain
> based thermal warming device driver that can be used pan-Socs is the
> approach taken in this patch series. Since thermal warming devices can be
> thought of as the mirror opposite of thermal cooling devices, this patch
> series re-uses thermal cooling device framework. To use these power
> domains as warming devices require further tweaks in the thermal framework
> which are out of scope of this patch series. These tweaks have been posted
> as a separate series[1].
Hi,

Can this series be merged ? It has been acked from DT and genpd point of
view.

Warm Regards
Thara