Re: [TEGRA194_CPUFREQ Patch 2/3] cpufreq: Add Tegra194 cpufreq driver

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04.12.2019 14:27, Viresh Kumar пишет:
> On 04-12-19, 16:25, sumitg wrote:
>> In T194, CCPLEX doesn't have access to set clocks and the
>>
>> clk_{get|set}_rate() functions set clocks by hook to BPMP R5.
>>
>> CPU freq can be directly set by CCPLEX using MSR(NVFREQ_REQ_EL1).
>>
>> As DVFS run's on BPMP, another MSR (NVFREQ_FEEDBACK_EL1) is
>>
>> used to read the counters and calculate "actual" cpu freq at CCPLEX.
>>
>> So, "cpuinfo_cur_freq" node gives the actual cpu frequency and not
>>
>> given by node "scaling_cur_freq".
> 
> Right, but why can't this be hidden in the CPU's clk driver instead,
> so cpufreq driver can just do clk_get_rate() and clk_set_rate() ?

What about to make use of dev_pm_opp_register_set_opp_helper()?


>>> - populating cpufreq table, you can probably add OPPs instead using
>>>    the same mechanism
>>
>> We are reading available frequencies from BPMP to populate
>>
>> cpufreq table and not using static opp table.
> 
> Right and lot of other platforms read it from firmware (I believe BBMP
> is a firmware here), and create OPPs at runtime. Look at this for
> example:
> 
> drivers/cpufreq/qcom-cpufreq-hw.c
> 
> and search for dev_pm_opp_add().
> 




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