Hi Nicolas,
On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 9:10 PM, Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Jun 2014, Abhilash Kesavan wrote:
>
>> Turning off a cluster when all 4 cores of the cluster are powered off
>> saves power significantly. Powering off the A15 L2 alone gives around
>> 100mW in savings. Add support for powering off the A15/A7 clusters on
>> exynos5420/5800.
>>
>> The patch enables specific register bits which ensure that:
>> - cluster L2 will be turned on before the first man is powered up.
>> - last man will be turned off before the cluster L2 is turned off.
>> - core is powered down before powering it up.
>>
>> Remove the exynos_cluster_power_control function completely as we can
>> rely on the above mentioned bits rather than polling the cluster power
>> status register.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Abhilash Kesavan <a.kesavan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Minor nit below:
>
>> @@ -342,6 +318,26 @@ static int __init exynos_mcpm_init(void)
>> pr_info("Exynos MCPM support installed\n");
>>
>> /*
>> + * On Exynos5420/5800 for the A15 and A7 clusters:
>> + *
>> + * EXYNOS5420_ENABLE_AUTOMATIC_CORE_DOWN ensures that all the cores
>> + * in a cluster are turned off before turning off the cluster L2.
>> + *
>> + * EXYNOS5420_USE_ARM_CORE_DOWN_STATE ensures that a cores is powered
>> + * off before waking it up.
>> + *
>> + * EXYNOS5420_USE_L2_COMMON_UP_STATE ensures that cluster L2 will be
>> + * turned on before the first man is powered up.
>> + */
>> + for (i = 0; i < EXYNOS5420_NR_CLUSTERS; i++) {
>> + value = __raw_readl(EXYNOS_COMMON_CONFIGURATION(i) + 0x8);
>> + value |= EXYNOS5420_ENABLE_AUTOMATIC_CORE_DOWN |
>> + EXYNOS5420_USE_ARM_CORE_DOWN_STATE |
>> + EXYNOS5420_USE_L2_COMMON_UP_STATE;
>> + __raw_writel(value, EXYNOS_COMMON_CONFIGURATION(i) + 0x8);
>
> Surely you can add another define in mach-exynos/regs-pmu.h to better
> identify this register instead of EXYNOS_COMMON_CONFIGURATION()+8 ?
>
> After that, you may add:
>
> Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks. Will fix and post v2 with your ack.
Regards,
Abhilash
>
>
> Nicolas
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