Hi Valentin,
On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 02:21:06PM +0000, Valentin Schneider wrote:
> The following dt entries are added:
> cpus [0-3] (Cortex A53):
> - capacity-dmips-mhz = <592>;
>
> cpus [4-7] (Cortex A73):
> - capacity-dmips-mhz = <1024>;
>
> Those values were obtained by running dhrystone 2.1 on a
> HiKey960 with the following procedure:
> - Offline all CPUs but CPU0 (A53)
> - Set CPU0 frequency to maximum
> - Run Dhrystone 2.1 for 20 seconds
>
> - Offline all CPUs but CPU4 (A73)
> - set CPU4 frequency to maximum
> - Run Dhrystone 2.1 for 20 seconds
>
> The results are as follows:
> A53: 129633887 loops
> A73: 287034147 loops
Seems to me the capacity-dmips-mhz should be:
CA53: 129633887 / 20 / 1844 = 3515
CA73: 287034147 / 20 / 2362 = 6076
After normalized to range [0..1024], we could get:
CA53: 592
CA73: 1024
Reviewed-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> By scaling those values so that the A73s use 1024, we end up with 462
> for the A53s. However, they have different maximum frequencies:
> 1.844GHz for A53s and 2.362GHz for A73s. Thus, we can scale the A53
> value to truly represent dmips per MHz, and we end up with 592.
>
> The impact of this change can be verified on HiKey960:
>
> $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq
> 1844000
> 1844000
> 1844000
> 1844000
> 2362000
> 2362000
> 2362000
> 2362000
>
> $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpu_capacity
> 462
> 462
> 462
> 462
> 1024
> 1024
> 1024
> 1024
>
> Signed-off-by: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm64/boot/dts/hisilicon/hi3660.dtsi | 8 ++++++++
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/hisilicon/hi3660.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/hisilicon/hi3660.dtsi
> index ab0b95b..04a8d28 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/hisilicon/hi3660.dtsi
> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/hisilicon/hi3660.dtsi
> @@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
> enable-method = "psci";
> next-level-cache = <&A53_L2>;
> cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_SLEEP &CLUSTER_SLEEP_0>;
> + capacity-dmips-mhz = <592>;
> };
>
> cpu1: cpu@1 {
> @@ -70,6 +71,7 @@
> enable-method = "psci";
> next-level-cache = <&A53_L2>;
> cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_SLEEP &CLUSTER_SLEEP_0>;
> + capacity-dmips-mhz = <592>;
> };
>
> cpu2: cpu@2 {
> @@ -79,6 +81,7 @@
> enable-method = "psci";
> next-level-cache = <&A53_L2>;
> cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_SLEEP &CLUSTER_SLEEP_0>;
> + capacity-dmips-mhz = <592>;
> };
>
> cpu3: cpu@3 {
> @@ -88,6 +91,7 @@
> enable-method = "psci";
> next-level-cache = <&A53_L2>;
> cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_SLEEP &CLUSTER_SLEEP_0>;
> + capacity-dmips-mhz = <592>;
> };
>
> cpu4: cpu@100 {
> @@ -101,6 +105,7 @@
> &CPU_SLEEP
> &CLUSTER_SLEEP_1
> >;
> + capacity-dmips-mhz = <1024>;
> };
>
> cpu5: cpu@101 {
> @@ -114,6 +119,7 @@
> &CPU_SLEEP
> &CLUSTER_SLEEP_1
> >;
> + capacity-dmips-mhz = <1024>;
> };
>
> cpu6: cpu@102 {
> @@ -127,6 +133,7 @@
> &CPU_SLEEP
> &CLUSTER_SLEEP_1
> >;
> + capacity-dmips-mhz = <1024>;
> };
>
> cpu7: cpu@103 {
> @@ -140,6 +147,7 @@
> &CPU_SLEEP
> &CLUSTER_SLEEP_1
> >;
> + capacity-dmips-mhz = <1024>;
> };
>
> idle-states {
> --
> 2.7.4
>
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