From: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
To: Lorenzo Pieralisi <Lorenzo.Pieralisi@arm.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 2/8] Documentation: arm: define DT idle states bindings
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 15:20:41 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140818142041.GC20043@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1407945127-27554-3-git-send-email-lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com>
On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 04:52:01PM +0100, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote:
> ARM based platforms implement a variety of power management schemes that
> allow processors to enter idle states at run-time.
> The parameters defining these idle states vary on a per-platform basis forcing
> the OS to hardcode the state parameters in platform specific static tables
> whose size grows as the number of platforms supported in the kernel increases
> and hampers device drivers standardization.
>
> Therefore, this patch aims at standardizing idle state device tree bindings
> for ARM platforms. Bindings define idle state parameters inclusive of entry
> methods and state latencies, to allow operating systems to retrieve the
> configuration entries from the device tree and initialize the related power
> management drivers, paving the way for common code in the kernel to deal with
> idle states and removing the need for static data in current and previous
> kernel versions.
>
> ARM64 platforms require the DT to define an entry-method property
> for idle states.
>
> On system implementing PSCI as an enable-method to enter low-power
> states the PSCI CPU suspend method requires the power_state parameter to
> be passed to the PSCI CPU suspend function.
>
> This parameter is specific to a power state and platform specific,
> therefore must be provided by firmware to the OS in order to enable
> proper call sequence.
>
> Thus, this patch also adds a property in the PSCI bindings that
> describes how the PSCI CPU suspend power_state parameter should be
> defined in DT in all device nodes that rely on PSCI CPU suspend method usage.
>
> Acked-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
> Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@linaro.org>
> Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Sebastian Capella <sebcape@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com>
> ---
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt | 8 +
> .../devicetree/bindings/arm/idle-states.txt | 679 +++++++++++++++++++++
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/psci.txt | 14 +-
> 3 files changed, 700 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/idle-states.txt
Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
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From: catalin.marinas@arm.com (Catalin Marinas)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v7 2/8] Documentation: arm: define DT idle states bindings
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 15:20:41 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140818142041.GC20043@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1407945127-27554-3-git-send-email-lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com>
On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 04:52:01PM +0100, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote:
> ARM based platforms implement a variety of power management schemes that
> allow processors to enter idle states at run-time.
> The parameters defining these idle states vary on a per-platform basis forcing
> the OS to hardcode the state parameters in platform specific static tables
> whose size grows as the number of platforms supported in the kernel increases
> and hampers device drivers standardization.
>
> Therefore, this patch aims at standardizing idle state device tree bindings
> for ARM platforms. Bindings define idle state parameters inclusive of entry
> methods and state latencies, to allow operating systems to retrieve the
> configuration entries from the device tree and initialize the related power
> management drivers, paving the way for common code in the kernel to deal with
> idle states and removing the need for static data in current and previous
> kernel versions.
>
> ARM64 platforms require the DT to define an entry-method property
> for idle states.
>
> On system implementing PSCI as an enable-method to enter low-power
> states the PSCI CPU suspend method requires the power_state parameter to
> be passed to the PSCI CPU suspend function.
>
> This parameter is specific to a power state and platform specific,
> therefore must be provided by firmware to the OS in order to enable
> proper call sequence.
>
> Thus, this patch also adds a property in the PSCI bindings that
> describes how the PSCI CPU suspend power_state parameter should be
> defined in DT in all device nodes that rely on PSCI CPU suspend method usage.
>
> Acked-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
> Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@linaro.org>
> Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Sebastian Capella <sebcape@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com>
> ---
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt | 8 +
> .../devicetree/bindings/arm/idle-states.txt | 679 +++++++++++++++++++++
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/psci.txt | 14 +-
> 3 files changed, 700 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/idle-states.txt
Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-08-18 14:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 70+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-13 15:51 [PATCH v7 0/8] ARM generic idle states Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-13 15:51 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-13 15:52 ` [PATCH v7 1/8] arm64: kernel: refactor the CPU suspend API for retention states Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-13 15:52 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-18 7:47 ` Hanjun Guo
2014-08-18 7:47 ` Hanjun Guo
2014-08-18 14:20 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-08-18 14:20 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-08-13 15:52 ` [PATCH v7 2/8] Documentation: arm: define DT idle states bindings Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-13 15:52 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
[not found] ` <1407945127-27554-3-git-send-email-lorenzo.pieralisi-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-13 19:25 ` Lina Iyer
2014-08-13 19:25 ` Lina Iyer
2014-08-13 22:11 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-13 22:11 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-15 17:20 ` Lina Iyer
2014-08-15 17:20 ` Lina Iyer
2014-08-15 17:51 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-15 17:51 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-18 14:20 ` Catalin Marinas [this message]
2014-08-18 14:20 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-08-13 15:52 ` [PATCH v7 3/8] drivers: cpuidle: implement DT based idle states infrastructure Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-13 15:52 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-13 16:31 ` Nicolas Pitre
2014-08-13 16:31 ` Nicolas Pitre
2014-08-13 17:04 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-13 17:04 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-13 17:29 ` Nicolas Pitre
2014-08-13 17:29 ` Nicolas Pitre
2014-08-14 11:29 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-14 11:29 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-14 15:47 ` Nicolas Pitre
2014-08-14 15:47 ` Nicolas Pitre
2014-08-14 16:02 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-14 16:02 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-18 14:21 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-08-18 14:21 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-08-13 15:52 ` [PATCH v7 4/8] arm64: kernel: introduce cpu_init_idle CPU operation Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-13 15:52 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-18 14:21 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-08-18 14:21 ` Catalin Marinas
[not found] ` <1407945127-27554-1-git-send-email-lorenzo.pieralisi-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-13 15:52 ` [PATCH v7 5/8] arm64: add PSCI CPU_SUSPEND based cpu_suspend support Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-13 15:52 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-18 14:21 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-08-18 14:21 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-08-13 15:52 ` [PATCH v7 6/8] drivers: cpuidle: CPU idle ARM64 driver Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-13 15:52 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-18 14:21 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-08-18 14:21 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-08-18 22:30 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-18 22:30 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-18 14:21 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-08-18 14:21 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-08-18 22:25 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-18 22:25 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-13 15:52 ` [PATCH v7 7/8] drivers: cpuidle: initialize big.LITTLE driver through DT Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-13 15:52 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-18 14:21 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-08-18 14:21 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-08-13 15:52 ` [PATCH v7 8/8] drivers: cpuidle: initialize Exynos " Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-13 15:52 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-15 21:12 ` Lina Iyer
2014-08-15 21:12 ` Lina Iyer
2014-08-15 21:40 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-15 21:40 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-15 21:45 ` Lina Iyer
2014-08-15 21:45 ` Lina Iyer
2014-08-15 21:52 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-15 21:52 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2014-08-18 14:22 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-08-18 14:22 ` Catalin Marinas
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