Re: [PATCH 3/3] arm64: dts: rockchip: set rk3399 dynamic CPU power coefficients

From: Heiko Stuebner
Date: Fri Jun 23 2017 - 14:39:37 EST


Am Freitag, 23. Juni 2017, 10:07:37 CEST schrieb Brian Norris:
> Provide the dynamic power coefficient of the big and little CPU
> clusters. These numbers are currently in use on the Samsung Chromebook
> Plus ("Kevin").
>
> The power allocator thermal governor doesn't know how to do anything if
> it doesn't get power parameters from its cooling devices (in this case,
> CPUfreq). So this effectively enables the power-allocator governor.
>
> Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi
> index 69c56f7316c4..4f6667547814 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi
> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi
> @@ -109,6 +109,7 @@
> reg = <0x0 0x0>;
> enable-method = "psci";
> #cooling-cells = <2>; /* min followed by max */
> + dynamic-power-coefficient = <100>;
> clocks = <&cru ARMCLKL>;
> };
>
> @@ -142,6 +143,7 @@
> reg = <0x0 0x100>;
> enable-method = "psci";
> #cooling-cells = <2>; /* min followed by max */
> + dynamic-power-coefficient = <100>;
> clocks = <&cru ARMCLKB>;
> };
>
>

I think these should be set for all cores, similar to clocks. While
cpufreq and friends regularly only take the first number, in a
hw-description sense, it should be part of every core in the dt.


Heiko