[PATCH v5 0/3] Dynamic power model from device tree

From: Punit Agrawal
Date: Tue Nov 17 2015 - 07:06:59 EST


Hi,

This patchset adds support to build a single-coefficient dynamic power
model for a CPU. The model is used by the CPU cooling device to
provide an estimate of power consumption and also translate allocated
power to performance cap.

Changes from previous posting -
v4 -> v5
Updated tags across the patches
arm_big_little: Do not register cooling devices when in IKS

v3 -> v4:
arm_big_little: Migrated to using static arrays
arm_big_little: Updated Kconfig to support building thermal as module

Patch 1 extends the CPU nodes binding to provide an optional dynamic
power coefficient which can be used to create a dynamic power model
for the CPUs. This model is used to constrain device power consumption
(using power_allocator governor) when the system is thermally
constrained.

Patches 2-3 extends the cpufreq-dt and arm_big_little driver to
register cpu cooling devices with the dynamic coefficient when
provided.

The patches were previously posted at [0][1][2][3]. Mediatek platform
8173 builds on these bindings to build a power model.

Thanks,
Punit

[0] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/2002152
[1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/2011466
[2] http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=144709020014884&w=2
[3] http://marc.info/?l=linux-pm&m=144770224915315&w=2

Punit Agrawal (3):
devicetree: bindings: Add optional dynamic-power-coefficient property
cpufreq-dt: Supply power coefficient when registering cooling devices
cpufreq: arm_big_little: Add support to register a cpufreq cooling
device

Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt | 17 +++++++++++
drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.arm | 2 ++
drivers/cpufreq/arm_big_little.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.c | 9 ++++--
4 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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