Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: thermal: make cooling-maps property optional

[Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>]

On 25/03/2020 07:37, Amit Kucheria wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 9:43 PM Amit Kucheria <amit.kucheria@linaro.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 8:22 PM Daniel Lezcano
>> <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 09/03/2020 05:54, andy.tang@nxp.com wrote:
>>>> From: Yuantian Tang <andy.tang@nxp.com>
>>>>
>>>> Cooling-maps doesn't have to be a required property because there may
>>>> be no cooling device on system, or there are no enough cooling devices for
>>>> each thermal zone in multiple thermal zone cases since cooling devices
>>>> can't be shared.
>>>> So make this property optional to remove such limitations.
>>>>
>>>> For thermal zones with no cooling-maps, there could be critic trips
>>>> that can trigger CPU reset or shutdown. So they still can take actions.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Yuantian Tang <andy.tang@nxp.com>
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Amit Kucheria <amit.kucheria@linaro.org>
>>
>>>
>>> Amit, I'm about to pick this patch, it will collide with the yaml
>>> conversion changes.
>>
>> Thanks for the headsup. I can fixup v3 when I respin.
>>
>> However, I've always interpreted this binding as follows:
>> - cooling-maps should be mandatory for active and passive trip types
>> otherwise there will be no cooling
>> - cooling-maps make no sense for critical trip type since we're
>> invoking system shutdown
>> - cooling-maps are optional for hot trip types.
>>
>> Is this your understanding too?
>>
>> We should be able to enforce this in YAML.
> 
> Rui, Daniel,
> 
> What do you think about the above interpretation of the cooling-maps bindings?

Yes, I agree with the interpretation.


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