Re: [PATCH 0/3] Simple DVFS support for Allwinner A64 SoC

From: Maxime Ripard
Date: Thu Sep 28 2017 - 06:28:46 EST


Hi,

On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 11:51:30AM +0000, icenowy@xxxxxxx wrote:
> å 2017-09-25 18:27ïMaxime Ripard åéï
> > On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 10:12:09AM +0000, Icenowy Zheng wrote:
> > > ä 2017å9æ25æ GMT+08:00 äå6:10:27, Maxime Ripard
> > > <maxime.ripard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> åå:
> > > >Hi,
> > > >
> > > >On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 12:15:28AM +0000, Icenowy Zheng wrote:
> > > >> This patchset imports simple DVFS support for Allwinner A64 SoC.
> > > >>
> > > >> As the thermal sensor driver is not yet implemented and some boards
> > > >> have still no AXP PMIC support, now only two OPPs are present --
> > > >> 648MHz@xxxxx and 816MHz@xxxx to prevent overheat or undervoltage.
> > > >>
> > > >> PATCH 1 is a fix to the CCU driver of A64, and the remaining patches
> > > >> set up the device tree bits of the DVFS on Pine64.
> > > >
> > > >How has this been tested?
> > > >
> > > >What tasks did you run, with what governor, etc...
> > >
> > > I only tested manual frequency switching between 648MHz and
> > > 816MHz, and tested the PLL stuck issue by change the OPPs to
> > > some random value.
> >
> > Ideally, we should test that it's actually reliable. Poorly chosen
> > OPPs might lead to corrupt data that you might not get before a while.
> >
> > Please test using:
> > https://linux-sunxi.org/Hardware_Reliability_Tests#Reliability_of_cpufreq_voltage.2Ffrequency_settings
> >
> > And post the report.
>
> ```
> root@p64 [ cpuburn-arm@master ] # ./cpuburn-a53 &
> [1] 2543
> root@p64 [ cpuburn-arm@master ] # ./cpufreq-ljt-stress-test
> Creating './whitenoise-1920x1080.jpg' ... done
> CPU stress test, which is doing JPEG decoding by libjpeg-turbo
> at different cpufreq operating points.
>
> Testing CPU 0
> 816 MHz ............................................................ OK
> 648 MHz ............................................................ OK
>
> Testing CPU 1
> 816 MHz ............................................................ OK
> 648 MHz ............................................................ OK
>
> Testing CPU 2
> 816 MHz ............................................................ OK
> 648 MHz ............................................................ OK
>
> Testing CPU 3
> 816 MHz ............................................................ OK
> 648 MHz ............................................................ OK
>
> Overall result : PASSED
> ```

Great, thanks!

Can you put that in your cover letter for the next version?

Maxime

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Maxime Ripard, Free Electrons
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