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From: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard-wi1+55ScJUtKEb57/3fJTNBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
To: Julian Calaby <julian.calaby-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: dts: sunxi: Raise minimum CPU voltage for sun7i-a20 to a level all boards can supply
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2015 11:16:24 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150803091624.GZ2564@lukather> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGRGNgV6b9yt2HnB2x2Wyc05KEahoX-Y+mVhxsryztcfA36H1g-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>

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On Mon, Aug 03, 2015 at 09:35:51AM +1000, Julian Calaby wrote:
> Hi Timo,
> 
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 5:23 AM, Timo Sigurdsson
> <public_timo.s-fWgRPtSzPNU3WX+qO2AYSQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > sun7i-a20.dtsi contains an cpufreq operating point at 0.9 volts. Most A20 boards
> > (or all?), however, do not allow the voltage to go below 1.0V. Thus, raise the
> > voltage for the lowest operating point to 1.0V so all boards can actually use
> > it.
> 
> Surely it wouldn't be added here if some could supply 0.9v.
> 
> Is the code that uses this smart enough to sensibly switch between two
> operating points with the same frequency and different voltages? If
> so, maybe just add a 144MHz @ 1.0v operating point?

And how would it choose between the two exactly ? Switch to the 144MHz
@ 0.9V and see if it works ? If it doesn't you might have screwed your
system already, and might not be able to recover from it at all.

Maxime

-- 
Maxime Ripard, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-08-03  9:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-08-02 19:23 [PATCH] ARM: dts: sunxi: Raise minimum CPU voltage for sun7i-a20 to a level all boards can supply Timo Sigurdsson
     [not found] ` <1438543386-7253-1-git-send-email-public_timo.s-fWgRPtSzPNU3WX+qO2AYSQ@public.gmane.org>
2015-08-02 23:35   ` [linux-sunxi] " Julian Calaby
     [not found]     ` <CAGRGNgV6b9yt2HnB2x2Wyc05KEahoX-Y+mVhxsryztcfA36H1g-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-08-03  2:37       ` Chen-Yu Tsai
     [not found]         ` <CAGb2v67o-=_cL2RWfXJ+3C86zfQ_1b5DYRi3_zwvwy6su6+gdw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-08-03  4:22           ` Julian Calaby
     [not found]             ` <CAGRGNgXH90m9h0DDejd5MTf8enduGFQ8dPKrRhmc8Z6y_PaC1w-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-08-03  4:26               ` Chen-Yu Tsai
2015-08-03  9:03               ` Timo Sigurdsson
     [not found]                 ` <20150803090352.621CC6C80865-RzmsueL7+k6AvxNu/8lEInnhMCiq3JZZ@public.gmane.org>
2015-08-03  9:34                   ` Maxime Ripard
2015-08-03  9:36                     ` [linux-sunxi] " Julian Calaby
2015-08-04  8:51                     ` Timo Sigurdsson
2015-08-03  9:28               ` Maxime Ripard
2015-08-03  8:37       ` Timo Sigurdsson
     [not found]         ` <20150803083751.1BCF56C80391-RzmsueL7+k6AvxNu/8lEInnhMCiq3JZZ@public.gmane.org>
2015-08-03  9:23           ` Maxime Ripard
2015-08-03  9:16       ` Maxime Ripard [this message]
2015-08-03  9:13   ` Maxime Ripard
2015-08-04  8:38     ` Timo Sigurdsson

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