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From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>
To: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@linaro.org>,
	Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Cc: Raviteja Laggyshetty <quic_rlaggysh@quicinc.com>,
	Georgi Djakov <djakov@kernel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@kernel.org>,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@kernel.org>,
	Bjorn Andersson <andersson@kernel.org>,
	Konrad Dybcio <konradybcio@kernel.org>,
	Odelu Kukatla <quic_okukatla@quicinc.com>,
	Mike Tipton <quic_mdtipton@quicinc.com>,
	Sibi Sankar <quic_sibis@quicinc.com>,
	linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org, linux-pm@vger.kernel.org,
	devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V6 3/4] dt-bindings: interconnect: Add generic compatible qcom,epss-l3-perf
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 19:27:27 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <0ba0f4af-5075-4bb1-a7f6-815ef95bbda7@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <zchtx32wtii2mzy2pp4lp4gdaim7w56kih7jcqes4tyhu24r3n@dagazlsdgdcv>

On 27/11/2024 17:53, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 08:23:04AM -0600, Rob Herring wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 25, 2024 at 05:45:10PM +0000, Raviteja Laggyshetty wrote:
>>> EPSS instance on sc7280, sm8250 SoCs, use PERF_STATE register instead of
>>> REG_L3_VOTE to scale L3 clocks, hence adding a new generic compatible
>>> "qcom,epss-l3-perf" for these targets.
>>
>> Is this a h/w difference from prior blocks or you just want to use B 
>> instead of A while the h/w has both A and B? The latter sounds like 
>> driver policy.
>>
>> It is also an ABI break for s/w that didn't understand 
>> qcom,epss-l3-perf.
> 
> As the bindings keep old compatible strings in addition to the new
> qcom,epss-l3-perf, where is the ABI break? Old SW will use old entries,
> newer can use either of those.
No, this change drops qcom,epss-l3 and adds new fallback. How old
software can work in such case? It's broken.

Best regards,
Krzysztof

  reply	other threads:[~2024-11-27 18:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-11-25 17:45 [PATCH V6 0/4] Add EPSS L3 provider support on SA8775P SoC Raviteja Laggyshetty
2024-11-25 17:45 ` [PATCH V6 1/4] interconnect: qcom: Add multidev EPSS L3 support Raviteja Laggyshetty
2024-11-30 12:49   ` Konrad Dybcio
2024-11-30 15:09     ` Dmitry Baryshkov
2024-11-30 15:12       ` Konrad Dybcio
2024-11-30 15:32         ` Dmitry Baryshkov
2024-12-26 16:13           ` Raviteja Laggyshetty
2024-12-29  1:23             ` Dmitry Baryshkov
2025-01-03 14:07               ` Raviteja Laggyshetty
2025-01-03 17:46                 ` Dmitry Baryshkov
2024-11-25 17:45 ` [PATCH V6 2/4] interconnect: qcom: osm-l3: Add generic compatible for epss-l3-perf Raviteja Laggyshetty
2024-11-25 17:45 ` [PATCH V6 3/4] dt-bindings: interconnect: Add generic compatible qcom,epss-l3-perf Raviteja Laggyshetty
2024-11-25 18:00   ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2024-11-27 14:23   ` Rob Herring
2024-11-27 16:53     ` Dmitry Baryshkov
2024-11-27 18:27       ` Krzysztof Kozlowski [this message]
2024-11-27 18:49         ` Dmitry Baryshkov
2024-11-27 19:22           ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2024-11-27 19:45             ` Dmitry Baryshkov
2024-12-26 15:56               ` Raviteja Laggyshetty
2024-11-25 17:45 ` [PATCH V6 4/4] arm64: dts: qcom: sa8775p: add EPSS l3 interconnect provider Raviteja Laggyshetty
2024-11-27 19:21   ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2024-11-30 12:51     ` Konrad Dybcio

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