"Pratik R. Sampat" <psampat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Adds a generic interface to represent the energy and frequency related > PAPR attributes on the system using the new H_CALL > "H_GET_ENERGY_SCALE_INFO". > > H_GET_EM_PARMS H_CALL was previously responsible for exporting this > information in the lparcfg, however the H_GET_EM_PARMS H_CALL > will be deprecated P10 onwards. > > The H_GET_ENERGY_SCALE_INFO H_CALL is of the following call format: > hcall( > uint64 H_GET_ENERGY_SCALE_INFO, // Get energy scale info > uint64 flags, // Per the flag request > uint64 firstAttributeId,// The attribute id > uint64 bufferAddress, // Guest physical address of the output buffer > uint64 bufferSize // The size in bytes of the output buffer > ); > > This H_CALL can query either all the attributes at once with > firstAttributeId = 0, flags = 0 as well as query only one attribute > at a time with firstAttributeId = id, flags = 1. > > The output buffer consists of the following > 1. number of attributes - 8 bytes > 2. array offset to the data location - 8 bytes > 3. version info - 1 byte > 4. A data array of size num attributes, which contains the following: > a. attribute ID - 8 bytes > b. attribute value in number - 8 bytes > c. attribute name in string - 64 bytes > d. attribute value in string - 64 bytes > > The new H_CALL exports information in direct string value format, hence > a new interface has been introduced in > /sys/firmware/papr/energy_scale_info to export this information to > userspace in an extensible pass-through format. > > The H_CALL returns the name, numeric value and string value (if exists) > > The format of exposing the sysfs information is as follows: > /sys/firmware/papr/energy_scale_info/ > |-- <id>/ > |-- desc > |-- value > |-- value_desc (if exists) > |-- <id>/ > |-- desc > |-- value > |-- value_desc (if exists) > ... > > The energy information that is exported is useful for userspace tools > such as powerpc-utils. Currently these tools infer the > "power_mode_data" value in the lparcfg, which in turn is obtained from > the to be deprecated H_GET_EM_PARMS H_CALL. > On future platforms, such userspace utilities will have to look at the > data returned from the new H_CALL being populated in this new sysfs > interface and report this information directly without the need of > interpretation. > > Signed-off-by: Pratik R. Sampat <psampat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Reviewed-by: Gautham R. Shenoy <ego@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
