Re: [RFC v2 0/3][TESTS] LAB: Support for Legacy Application Booster governor - tests results

[Lukasz Majewski <l.majewski@samsung.com>]

Hi Viresh,

> On 29 May 2013 12:39, Lukasz Majewski <l.majewski@samsung.com> wrote:
> > I also agree. Moreover, I think that there should be only one set of
> > "boost" sysfs entries either it is supported by HW (Intel) or SW
> > (ARM).
> 
> Yes, you need to change acpi-cpufreq driver too to use this common
> infrastructure.

Ok, thanks for pointing out.

> 
> > I can think of two "basic" one:
> > - max_turbo_freq (ro)
> 
> This is surely per policy as two separate clusters can have separate
> values. And probably a better one would be scaling_boost_frequencies,
> that will list all boost frequencies.

Ok,

> 
> > - turbo_mode/boost (rw)
> 
> I am confused with these two names: boost and turbo.. Probably we
> should use a single name everywhere. Because acpi-cpufreq is already
> using boost, we might shift to that.
> 
> > - /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/boost
> 
> Obviously this one.
> 
> > On the other hand first option would be used with systems, where
> > per-core (or core sets) frequency setting is possible (b.L,
> > Snapdragon S4)
> 
> For now this feature would be enabled on all clusters and controlled
> by cpu/cpufreq/boost.

This will simplify considerably the driver code.

> 
> > To sum up - the idea is as follow:
> >
> > 1. cpufreq_driver exports turbo_mode=1 when it supports overclocking
> > (this support can be hardcoded or read from device tree)
> >
> > 2. Then proper entries are exported to sysfs.
> >
> > 3. User via sysfs (at [*]) can enable/disable the feature on demand
> 
> Bingo!!

Thanks for suggestions. I'm now working on a prototype code. I plan to
post it at the beginning of next week.

-- 
Best regards,

Lukasz Majewski

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