From: Sibi Sankar <sibis@codeaurora.org>
To: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@chromium.org>,
Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org>
Cc: sboyd@kernel.org, robh+dt@kernel.org, viresh.kumar@linaro.org,
agross@kernel.org, rjw@rjwysocki.net,
linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-pm@vger.kernel.org,
dianders@chromium.org, tdas@codeaurora.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] arm64: dts: qcom: sm8350: Fixup the cpufreq node
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2021 12:17:35 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cafed46a38a29072f9241de2154a502b@codeaurora.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YQsprr4rLVPwVfqR@google.com>
On 2021-08-05 05:28, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 05:59:04PM -0500, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
>> On Thu 29 Jul 13:04 CDT 2021, Sibi Sankar wrote:
>>
>> > Fixup the register regions used by the cpufreq node on SM8350 SoC to
>> > support per core L3 DCVS.
>> >
>>
>> That sounds good, but why are you dropping the platform-specific
>> compatible?
>>
>
> I also stared at this and the patch that changes the code for a while.
>
> My understanding is that removing the platform-specific compatible is
> part
> of not breaking 'old' DTBs. Old DTBs for SM8350 contain the larger
> register
> regions and must be paired with 'epss_sm8250_soc_data' (driver code)
> which
> has the 'old' 'reg_perf_state' offset. New SM8350 DTs only have the
> 'qcom,cpufreq-epss' compatible, which pairs their smaller register
> regions
> with 'epss_soc_data' with the new 'reg_perf_state' offset.
>
> It is super-confusing that the platform-specific compatible string is
> missing. The binding should probably mention that the two
> platform-specific compatible strings are for backwards compatibility
> only and should not be added to new or existing DT files that don't
> have them already. Maybe a 'qcom,sm8350-cpufreq-epss-v2' or similar
> should be added to avoid/reduce possible confusion and have to option
> to add SM8350 specific code later.
Bjorn,
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-arm-msm/cover/1629458622-4915-1-git-send-email-okukatla@codeaurora.org/
This series affects the design of the l3
provider support for sc7280 which will be
in a position to land in ~1-2 respins. So,
please share an early ACK or NACK regarding
the register re-ordering series so that we
can plan to get alternate acceptable versions
out faster on the list.
--
Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of Code Aurora Forum,
a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-08-30 6:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-07-29 18:04 [PATCH 0/4] Fixup register offsets to support per core L3 DCVS Sibi Sankar
2021-07-29 18:04 ` [PATCH 1/4] dt-bindings: cpufreq: cpufreq-qcom-hw: Add compatible for SM8250/8350 Sibi Sankar
2021-08-03 19:23 ` Rob Herring
2021-08-04 18:56 ` Stephen Boyd
2021-07-29 18:04 ` [PATCH 2/4] cpufreq: qcom: Re-arrange register offsets to support per core L3 DCVS Sibi Sankar
2021-08-04 19:01 ` Stephen Boyd
2021-08-05 17:47 ` Sibi Sankar
2021-08-05 18:25 ` Stephen Boyd
2021-08-06 6:42 ` Sibi Sankar
2021-08-04 23:11 ` Bjorn Andersson
2021-08-04 23:20 ` Bjorn Andersson
2021-07-29 18:04 ` [PATCH 3/4] arm64: dts: qcom: sc7280: Fixup the cpufreq node Sibi Sankar
2021-08-04 18:57 ` Stephen Boyd
2021-08-31 15:30 ` Matthias Kaehlcke
2021-08-31 17:04 ` Bjorn Andersson
2021-09-06 3:20 ` Sibi Sankar
2021-09-07 19:14 ` Doug Anderson
2021-07-29 18:04 ` [PATCH 4/4] arm64: dts: qcom: sm8350: " Sibi Sankar
2021-08-04 22:59 ` Bjorn Andersson
2021-08-04 23:58 ` Matthias Kaehlcke
2021-08-30 6:47 ` Sibi Sankar [this message]
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