linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] [RFC] CPUFreq: Add support for cpu-perf-dependencies

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Date:   Mon, 12 Oct 2020 09:49:51 +0530
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:     Nicola Mazzucato <nicola.mazzucato@....com>
Cc:     Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
        Ionela Voinescu <ionela.voinescu@....com>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        vireshk@...nel.org, daniel.lezcano@...aro.org, rjw@...ysocki.net,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sudeep.holla@....com,
        chris.redpath@....com, morten.rasmussen@....com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] [RFC] CPUFreq: Add support for
 cpu-perf-dependencies

On 09-10-20, 16:28, Nicola Mazzucato wrote:
> @Viresh
> I am sorry I misread your reply earlier thus I did not pay attention on that
> property.
> And yes, it is exactly as how you have described :)
> In the case 1 (different opps, different clk) and case 2 (same opps, different
> clk) we provide v/f points. In case 3, we add 'opp-shared' property in opp table
> to tell that the cpus with this opp table share a clock line.
> 
> Here are my thoughts on this 3rd case:
> - the information of 'share the same clock line' comes correctly from DT as it's
> purely a hw description. The same applies for cpu-perf-dependencies.
> - because the opp table can come from any firmware, we won't have any opp table
> in DT, thus we won't be able to take advantage of 'opp-shared' I am afraid.

I wonder if we should use an empty OPP table just for parsing this
information.

-- 
viresh