Re: [PATCH V2 0/8] PM / OPP: Multiple regulator support

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Fri Oct 21 2016 - 09:39:42 EST


On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 10:44 AM, Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Some platforms (like TI) have complex DVFS configuration for CPU
> devices, where multiple regulators are required to be configured to
> change DVFS state of the device. This was explained well by Nishanth
> earlier [1].
>
> Some thoughts went into it few months back but then it all got lost. I
> am trying to get that back on track with this thread.
>
> One of the major complaints around multiple regulators case was that the
> DT isn't responsible in any way to represent the ordering in which
> multiple supplies need to be programmed, before or after frequency
> change. It was considered in this patch and such information is left to
> the platform specific OPP driver now, which can register its own
> opp_set_rate() callback with the OPP core and the OPP core will then
> call it during DVFS.
>
> The patches are tested on Exynos5250 (Dual A15). I have hacked around DT
> and code to pass values for multiple regulators and verified that they
> are all properly read by the kernel (using debugfs interface).
>
> Though more testing on real (TI) platforms would be useful.
>
> This is rebased over: linux-next branch in the PM tree.
>
> V1->V2:
> - Ack from Rob for 1st patch
> - Moved the supplies structure to pm_opp.h (Dave)
> - Fixed an compilation warning.

I need somebody from the OPP camp to review patches [2-8/8] for me.

Thanks,
Rafael