On 28/03/17 15:13, Jon Hunter wrote:
> The current generic PM domain framework (GenDP) only allows a single
> PM domain to be associated with a given device. There are several
> use-cases for various system-on-chip devices where it is necessary for
> a PM domain consumer to control more than one PM domain where the PM
> domains:
> i). Do not conform to a parent-child relationship so are not nested
> ii). May not be powered on and off at the same time so need independent
> control.
>
> The solution proposed in this RFC is to allow consumers to explictly
> control PM domains, by getting a handle to a PM domain and explicitly
> making calls to power on and off the PM domain. Note that referencing
> counting is used to ensure that a PM domain shared between consumers
> is not powered off incorrectly.
>
> The Tegra124/210 XUSB subsystem (that consists of both host and device
> controllers) is an example of a consumer that needs to control more than
> one PM domain because the logic is partitioned across 3 PM domains which
> are:
> - XUSBA: Superspeed logic (for USB 3.0)
> - XUSBB: Device controller
> - XUSBC: Host controller
>
> These power domains are not nested and can be powered-up and down
> independently of one another. In practice different scenarios require
> different combinations of the power domains, for example:
> - Superspeed host: XUSBA and XUSBC
> - Superspeed device: XUSBA and XUSBB
>
> Although it could be possible to logically nest both the XUSBB and XUSBC
> domains under the XUSBA, superspeed may not always be used/required and
> so this would keep it on unnecessarily.
>
> Given that Tegra uses device-tree for describing the hardware, it would
> be ideal that the device-tree 'power-domains' property for generic PM
> domains could be extended to allow more than one PM domain to be
> specified. For example, define the following the Tegra210 xHCI device ...
>
> usb@70090000 {
> compatible = "nvidia,tegra210-xusb";
> ...
> power-domains = <&pd_xusbhost>, <&pd_xusbss>;
> power-domain-names = "host", "superspeed";
> };
>
> This RFC extends the generic PM domain framework to allow a device to
> define more than one PM domain in the device-tree 'power-domains'
> property. If there is more than one then the assumption is that these
> PM domains will be controlled explicitly by the consumer and the device
> will not be automatically bound to any PM domain.
Any more comments/inputs on this? I can address Rajendra's feedback, but
before I did I wanted to see if this is along the right lines or not?
Cheers
Jon
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