Re: [PATCH v3 0/8] interconnect: Add imx support via devfreq

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Hi,

On 4/6/20 15:03, Leonard Crestez wrote:
> This series adds interconnect scaling support for imx8m series chips. It uses a
> per-SOC interconnect provider layered on top of multiple instances of devfreq
> for scalable nodes along the interconnect.
> 
> Existing qcom interconnect providers mostly translate bandwidth requests into
> firmware calls but equivalent firmware on imx8m is much thinner. Scaling
> support for individual nodes is implemented as distinct devfreq drivers
> instead.
> 
> The imx interconnect provider doesn't communicate with devfreq directly
> but rather computes "minimum frequencies" for nodes along the path and
> creates dev_pm_qos requests.
> 
> Since there is no single devicetree node that can represent the
> "interconnect" the main NOC is picked as the "interconnect provider" and
> will probe the interconnect platform device if #interconnect-cells is
> present. This avoids introducing "virtual" devices but it means that DT
> bindings of main NOC includes properties for both devfreq and
> interconnect.

Thank you for your work Leonard! There is no build dependency between the
devfreq and interconnect patches, so i can apply patches 1,4-7.

Chanwoo, should i take also the two devfreq patches with your Ack?

Thanks,
Georgi



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