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Message-ID: <20221103102444.c5ngcxupohwdzntf@bogus>
Date:   Thu, 3 Nov 2022 10:24:44 +0000
From:   Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
To:     Sibi Sankar <quic_sibis@...cinc.com>
Cc:     andersson@...nel.org, krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org,
        robh+dt@...nel.org, cristian.marussi@....com, agross@...nel.org,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, konrad.dybcio@...ainline.org,
        quic_avajid@...cinc.com, Souvik.Chakravarty@....com,
        Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
Subject: Re: [RFC 2/2] firmware: arm_scmi: Add SCMI QTI Memlat vendor protocol

On Thu, Nov 03, 2022 at 10:28:32AM +0530, Sibi Sankar wrote:
> Add support for the SCMI QTI memlat (memory latency) vendor protocol.
> The QTI memlat vendor protocol takes in several tuneables including the
> IPM ratio (Instructions Per Miss), bus bandwidth requirements and PMU
> maps to enable frequency scaling of various buses (L3/LLCC/DDR) performed
> by the memory latency governor running on the CPUSS Control Processor.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sibi Sankar <quic_sibis@...cinc.com>
> ---
>  drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/Kconfig              |  10 +
>  drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/Makefile             |   1 +
>  drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/qcom_memlat_vendor.c | 269 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/scmi_protocol.h                  |  36 ++++
>  4 files changed, 316 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/qcom_memlat_vendor.c
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/Kconfig
> index a14f65444b35..814a3fc37dc1 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/Kconfig
> @@ -136,6 +136,16 @@ config ARM_SCMI_TRANSPORT_VIRTIO_ATOMIC_ENABLE
>  
>  endif #ARM_SCMI_PROTOCOL
>  
> +config QTI_SCMI_MEMLAT_PROTOCOL
> +	tristate "Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. SCMI MEMLAT vendor Protocol"
> +	depends on ARM_SCMI_PROTOCOL && QCOM_CPUCP_MBOX

If you have set the transport correctly, there should be no need for any
such dependency.

> +	help
> +	  The SCMI QTI memlat vendor protocol adds support for the frequency
> +	  scaling of buses (L3/LLCC/DDR) by the QTI HW memlat governor running
> +	  on the CPUSS Control Processor (CPUCP).
> +
> +	  Say Y here if you want to build this driver.
> +

I don't think it is scalable to have a config option for each vendor+protocol
Kconfig. IMO just one config for all qcom vendor protocol please.

--
Regards,
Sudeep