On 25-07-2013 19:28, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:17:20 AM Eduardo Valentin wrote:
>> This patch changes the cpufreq-cpu0 driver to consider if
>> a cpu needs cooling (with cpufreq). In case the cooling is needed,
>> it can be flagged at the cpu0 device tree node, with the boolean
>> property 'needs-cooling'.
>>
>> In case this boolean is present, the driver will
>> load a cpufreq cooling device in the system. The cpufreq-cpu0
>> driver is not interested in determining how the system should
>> be using the cooling device. The driver is responsible
>> only of loading the cooling device.
>>
>> Describing how the cooling device will be used can be
>> accomplished by setting up a thermal zone that references
>> and is composed by the cpufreq cooling device.
>>
>> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@xxxxxxx>
>
> FWIW, this change is fine by me, but I guess it should be handled along with
> the entire series.
Raphael, thanks for your review.
Yeah, this change must be handled along with the other changes in this
series. There is still ongoing discussion in DT mailing list with
respect to thermal bindings. Thus, for now, this patch is on hold.
>
>> Cc: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Rob Herring <rob.herring@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: cpufreq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc: linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc: devicetree-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Signed-off-by: Eduardo Valentin <eduardo.valentin@xxxxxx>
>> ---
>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpufreq/cpufreq-cpu0.txt | 3 +++
>> drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-cpu0.c | 8 ++++++++
>> 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpufreq/cpufreq-cpu0.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpufreq/cpufreq-cpu0.txt
>> index 051f764..e8ff916 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpufreq/cpufreq-cpu0.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpufreq/cpufreq-cpu0.txt
>> @@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ Optional properties:
>> - clock-latency: Specify the possible maximum transition latency for clock,
>> in unit of nanoseconds.
>> - voltage-tolerance: Specify the CPU voltage tolerance in percentage.
>> +- needs-cooling: The generic cpu cooling (freq clipping) is loaded by the
>> +generic cpufreq-cpu0 driver in case the device tree node has this boolean.
>>
>> Examples:
>>
>> @@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ cpus {
>> 198000 850000
>> >;
>> clock-latency = <61036>; /* two CLK32 periods */
>> + needs-cooling;
>> };
>>
>> cpu@1 {
>> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-cpu0.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-cpu0.c
>> index ad1fde2..4a8747a 100644
>> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-cpu0.c
>> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-cpu0.c
>> @@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
>> #include <linux/platform_device.h>
>> #include <linux/regulator/consumer.h>
>> #include <linux/slab.h>
>> +#include <linux/thermal.h>
>> +#include <linux/cpu_cooling.h>
>> +#include <linux/cpumask.h>
>>
>> static unsigned int transition_latency;
>> static unsigned int voltage_tolerance; /* in percentage */
>> @@ -28,6 +31,7 @@ static struct device *cpu_dev;
>> static struct clk *cpu_clk;
>> static struct regulator *cpu_reg;
>> static struct cpufreq_frequency_table *freq_table;
>> +static struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev;
>>
>> static int cpu0_verify_speed(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
>> {
>> @@ -268,6 +272,9 @@ static int cpu0_cpufreq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>> goto out_free_table;
>> }
>>
>> + if (of_property_read_bool(np, "needs-cooling"))
>> + cdev = cpufreq_cooling_register(cpu_present_mask);
>> +
>> of_node_put(np);
>> of_node_put(parent);
>> return 0;
>> @@ -283,6 +290,7 @@ out_put_parent:
>>
>> static int cpu0_cpufreq_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>> {
>> + cpufreq_cooling_unregister(cdev);
>> cpufreq_unregister_driver(&cpu0_cpufreq_driver);
>> opp_free_cpufreq_table(cpu_dev, &freq_table);
>>
>>
--
You have got to be excited about what you are doing. (L. Lamport)
Eduardo Valentin
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