Re: [PATCH v5 1/4] dt-bindings: interconnect: qcom,msm8998-cpu-bwmon: add BWMON device

From: Bjorn Andersson
Date: Thu Jun 30 2022 - 10:36:32 EST


On Wed 29 Jun 06:21 CDT 2022, Rajendra Nayak wrote:

>
> > This BWMON device sits between
> > CPU and Last Level Cache Controller.
>
> []...
>
> > +properties:
> > + compatible:
> > + oneOf:
> > + - items:
> > + - enum:
> > + - qcom,sdm845-cpu-bwmon
>
> should this be qcom,sdm845-llcc-bwmon instead since it actually
> tells us the llcc bw values?
> That way perhaps the other one between llcc and DDR can be
> qcom,sdm845-ddr-bwmon.
>

My understanding is that this bwmon instance measures the data
throughput on the CPU subsystem-ports and that the bwmon5 instance
measures the traffic from the memnoc towards LLCC and DDR.

Which matches the downstream naming of bwmon4 == cpu, bwmon5 == llcc.

Regards,
Bjorn