linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 18/33] iris: vidc: hfi: add Host Firmware Interface (HFI)

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Message-ID: <e692b072-30b3-5f09-a11f-9d05ca3a5b0d@quicinc.com>
Date:   Tue, 15 Aug 2023 00:41:27 +0530
From:   Dikshita Agarwal <quic_dikshita@...cinc.com>
To:     Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue@...aro.org>,
        Vikash Garodia <quic_vgarodia@...cinc.com>,
        <stanimir.k.varbanov@...il.com>, <agross@...nel.org>,
        <andersson@...nel.org>, <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>,
        <mchehab@...nel.org>, <hans.verkuil@...co.com>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-media@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 18/33] iris: vidc: hfi: add Host Firmware Interface (HFI)



On 7/28/2023 9:28 PM, Bryan O'Donoghue wrote:
> On 28/07/2023 14:23, Vikash Garodia wrote:
>> +    rc = hfi_packet_sys_intraframe_powercollapse(core, core->packet,
>> +                             core->packet_size, enable);
>> +    if (rc)
>> +        return rc;
> 
> I'm 99.9999999999 % sure this is misnamed.
> 
> "Inter" means in-between two things.
> "Intra" means inside of one thing.
> 
> So "intraframe" means inside of one frame "interframe" would mean power
> collapsing in-between two frames, which is what I think this does.
> 
> And I'd still rather be adding inter-frame power-collapse to as many
> different versions of the existing silicon and new silicon as opposed to
> segregating it off in a new driver.
> 
> I'm assuming that more than sm8550 supports it since @ the end of the day
> this is a firmware feature to power-collapse during an active session when
> we aren't busy.
> 
You are actually 100% correct here, it is indeed inter frame power collapse,
Will rename this api with hfi_packet_sys_interframe_powercollapse

Thanks,
Dikshita
> ---
> bod