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On 1 December 2014 at 18:24, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote: > Thanks a lot for working on this, we really need to figure it out one day! :) > Your patches seem well-implemented, so if everybody thinks the general > approach is the best solution, we should do that. From my point of view, > there are two things I would do differently: > > - In the DT binding, I would strongly prefer anything but the root compatible > property as the key for the new platforms. Clearly we have to keep using > it for the backwards-compatibility case, as you do, but I think there > are more appropriate places to put it. Sorting from most favorite to least > favorite, my list would be: > 1. a new property in /cpus/ > 2. a new property each /cpus/cpu@... node. I did it this way earlier and named it dvfs-method but probably putting this into the /cpus/ node is far better. But then Sudeep asked to utilize compatible property only.. Are you fine with the name here? "dvfs-method" > 3. the compatible property of the /cpus node > 4. a top-level device node that gets turned into a platform device > 5. a new property in the / node > 6. a new property in the /chosen node > 7. the compatible property in the / node > > - Implementation-wise, I don't think it's helpful to have a global function > that registers a platform device to be consumed by the device driver. I'd > rather just see a module_init function in each driver that rather than Okay, this might work better in longer run. I am fine with it. > [PATCH, RFC] cpufreq: dt: simplify and generalize probing > > We should not have to create a platform device from platform specific code > in order to use the completely generic cpufreq-dt driver. This adds > a simpler method by creating a new standard property of the "/cpus" node > to look for, with a fallback for existing users. The list of existing > users needs to be completed, and the same change done for the other > DT based drivers. > > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> > > diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.c > index 6f5f5615fbf1..697b4dc47715 100644 > --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.c > +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.c > @@ -345,13 +345,50 @@ static struct cpufreq_driver dt_cpufreq_driver = { > .attr = cpufreq_generic_attr, > }; > > -static int dt_cpufreq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) > +/* > + * these machines are using the driver but provide no standard > + * probing method, only for old machines with existing dtbs. > + */ > +static struct of_device_id legacy_machines = { > + { .compatible = "calxeda,highbank" }, > + { .compatible = "renesas,sh7372" }, > + { .compatible = "renesas,sh73a0" }, > + { .compatible = "samsung,exynos5250" }, > + { .compatible = "samsung,exynos4210" }, > + { .compatible = "xlnx,zynq-7000" }, > +}; > + > +static bool dt_cpufreq_available(void) > +{ > + struct device_node *node; > + bool ret; > + > + node = of_find_node_by_path("/cpus"); > + if (!node) > + return 0; > + > + /* the specific property needs to be debated */ > + ret = of_property_read_bool("linux,cpu-frequency-scaling"); How can this be a bool? We need to differentiate on which binding wants to go for arm-bl or cupfreq-dt or any other driver. So we surely need a string ? > + of_node_put(node); > + if (ret) > + return 1; > + > + node = of_find_node_by_path("/"); > + ret = of_match_device(&legacy_machines, node); > + of_node_put(node); > + > + return ret; > +} > + > +static int __init dt_cpufreq_probe(void) > { > struct device *cpu_dev; > struct regulator *cpu_reg; > struct clk *cpu_clk; > int ret; > > + if (!dt_cpufreq_available()) > + return -ENXIO; > /* > * All per-cluster (CPUs sharing clock/voltages) initialization is done > * from ->init(). In probe(), we just need to make sure that clk and > @@ -367,29 +404,19 @@ static int dt_cpufreq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) > if (!IS_ERR(cpu_reg)) > regulator_put(cpu_reg); > > - dt_cpufreq_driver.driver_data = dev_get_platdata(&pdev->dev); > - We still need this, and its about how clocks are shared between CPUs. > ret = cpufreq_register_driver(&dt_cpufreq_driver); > if (ret) > dev_err(cpu_dev, "failed register driver: %d\n", ret); > > return ret; > } > +module_init(dt_cpufreq_probe); > > -static int dt_cpufreq_remove(struct platform_device *pdev) > +static void __exit dt_cpufreq_remove(void) > { > cpufreq_unregister_driver(&dt_cpufreq_driver); > - return 0; > } > - > -static struct platform_driver dt_cpufreq_platdrv = { > - .driver = { > - .name = "cpufreq-dt", > - }, > - .probe = dt_cpufreq_probe, > - .remove = dt_cpufreq_remove, > -}; > -module_platform_driver(dt_cpufreq_platdrv); > +module_exit(dt_cpufreq_remove); > > MODULE_AUTHOR("Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>"); > MODULE_AUTHOR("Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@linaro.org>"); > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pm" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On 01/12/14 13:29, Viresh Kumar wrote: > On 1 December 2014 at 18:24, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote: >> Thanks a lot for working on this, we really need to figure it out one day! > > :) > >> Your patches seem well-implemented, so if everybody thinks the general >> approach is the best solution, we should do that. From my point of view, >> there are two things I would do differently: >> >> - In the DT binding, I would strongly prefer anything but the root compatible >> property as the key for the new platforms. Clearly we have to keep using >> it for the backwards-compatibility case, as you do, but I think there >> are more appropriate places to put it. Sorting from most favorite to least >> favorite, my list would be: >> 1. a new property in /cpus/ >> 2. a new property each /cpus/cpu@... node. > > I did it this way earlier and named it dvfs-method but probably putting this > into the /cpus/ node is far better. But then Sudeep asked to utilize > compatible property only.. > > Are you fine with the name here? "dvfs-method" > That's right, I don't like driver specific method in the cpu node as you initially did. But if it's a property in the chosen node (where we usually put the Linux specific properties), I am fine with that as Arnd has illustrated in his patch. Regards, Sudeep -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pm" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On Monday 01 December 2014 18:59:20 Viresh Kumar wrote: > On 1 December 2014 at 18:24, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote: > > Thanks a lot for working on this, we really need to figure it out one day! > > :) > > > Your patches seem well-implemented, so if everybody thinks the general > > approach is the best solution, we should do that. From my point of view, > > there are two things I would do differently: > > > > - In the DT binding, I would strongly prefer anything but the root compatible > > property as the key for the new platforms. Clearly we have to keep using > > it for the backwards-compatibility case, as you do, but I think there > > are more appropriate places to put it. Sorting from most favorite to least > > favorite, my list would be: > > 1. a new property in /cpus/ > > 2. a new property each /cpus/cpu@... node. > > I did it this way earlier and named it dvfs-method but probably putting this > into the /cpus/ node is far better. But then Sudeep asked to utilize > compatible property only.. > > Are you fine with the name here? "dvfs-method" No objection here, whatever makes sense to you. > > +static bool dt_cpufreq_available(void) > > +{ > > + struct device_node *node; > > + bool ret; > > + > > + node = of_find_node_by_path("/cpus"); > > + if (!node) > > + return 0; > > + > > + /* the specific property needs to be debated */ > > + ret = of_property_read_bool("linux,cpu-frequency-scaling"); > > How can this be a bool? We need to differentiate on which binding > wants to go for arm-bl or cupfreq-dt or any other driver. So we surely > need a string ? I guess a string would be better here, the idea here was to have a different bool property per driver, which would also work. > > @@ -367,29 +404,19 @@ static int dt_cpufreq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) > > if (!IS_ERR(cpu_reg)) > > regulator_put(cpu_reg); > > > > - dt_cpufreq_driver.driver_data = dev_get_platdata(&pdev->dev); > > - > > We still need this, and its about how clocks are shared between CPUs. I didn't see where this comes from. Who is setting up this platform data? Arnd -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pm" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On Monday 01 December 2014 13:35:25 Sudeep Holla wrote: > On 01/12/14 13:29, Viresh Kumar wrote: > > On 1 December 2014 at 18:24, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote: > >> Thanks a lot for working on this, we really need to figure it out one day! > > > > > > > >> Your patches seem well-implemented, so if everybody thinks the general > >> approach is the best solution, we should do that. From my point of view, > >> there are two things I would do differently: > >> > >> - In the DT binding, I would strongly prefer anything but the root compatible > >> property as the key for the new platforms. Clearly we have to keep using > >> it for the backwards-compatibility case, as you do, but I think there > >> are more appropriate places to put it. Sorting from most favorite to least > >> favorite, my list would be: > >> 1. a new property in /cpus/ > >> 2. a new property each /cpus/cpu@... node. > > > > I did it this way earlier and named it dvfs-method but probably putting this > > into the /cpus/ node is far better. But then Sudeep asked to utilize > > compatible property only.. > > > > Are you fine with the name here? "dvfs-method" > > > > That's right, I don't like driver specific method in the cpu node as you > initially did. But if it's a property in the chosen node (where we > usually put the Linux specific properties), I am fine with > that as Arnd has illustrated in his patch. I would prefer the /cpus node over the /chosen node because the former describes the hardware while the latter is supposed to be user-settable (on real open-firmware at least). But I think either one is better than using the / node compatible string. How about a "linux,cpu-dvfs-method" property in the root node? Would that work better for you than a "linux,dvfs-method" in the "/cpus" node? Arnd -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pm" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On 1 December 2014 at 19:35, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote: > I guess a string would be better here, the idea here was to > have a different bool property per driver, which would also > work. Hmm, I will prefer string as we don't need to define any more bindings then for new drivers. >> > @@ -367,29 +404,19 @@ static int dt_cpufreq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) >> > if (!IS_ERR(cpu_reg)) >> > regulator_put(cpu_reg); >> > >> > - dt_cpufreq_driver.driver_data = dev_get_platdata(&pdev->dev); >> > - >> >> We still need this, and its about how clocks are shared between CPUs. > > I didn't see where this comes from. Who is setting up this platform > data? Mvebu is using it to communicate that all CPUs have separate clock lines. -- viresh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pm" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On 1 December 2014 at 19:41, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote: > I would prefer the /cpus node over the /chosen node because the former > describes the hardware while the latter is supposed to be user-settable > (on real open-firmware at least). But I think either one is better than > using the / node compatible string. > > How about a "linux,cpu-dvfs-method" property in the root node? Would > that work better for you than a "linux,dvfs-method" in the "/cpus" > node? I will choose "linux,dvfs-method" in the "/cpus" node. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pm" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On Monday 01 December 2014 20:18:10 Viresh Kumar wrote: > On 1 December 2014 at 19:35, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote: > > I guess a string would be better here, the idea here was to > > have a different bool property per driver, which would also > > work. > > Hmm, I will prefer string as we don't need to define any more bindings then > for new drivers. Right. You'd still need to define the known values though, so in effect it's not much of a difference. I have no problem with a string property though. > >> > @@ -367,29 +404,19 @@ static int dt_cpufreq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) > >> > if (!IS_ERR(cpu_reg)) > >> > regulator_put(cpu_reg); > >> > > >> > - dt_cpufreq_driver.driver_data = dev_get_platdata(&pdev->dev); > >> > - > >> > >> We still need this, and its about how clocks are shared between CPUs. > > > > I didn't see where this comes from. Who is setting up this platform > > data? > > Mvebu is using it to communicate that all CPUs have separate > clock lines. I still don't see where it does that. All I see for mvebu is platform_device_register_simple("cpufreq-dt", -1, NULL, 0); without any platform data. I see this patch http://lists.linaro.org/pipermail/linaro-kernel/2014-September/017693.html on the mailing list, but it's not in linux-next, and it obviously would not work any more with the patch I proposed. Instead I suppose you would use a different string to match against for the case of separate clocks. Arnd -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pm" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On 01/12/14 14:11, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Monday 01 December 2014 13:35:25 Sudeep Holla wrote: >> On 01/12/14 13:29, Viresh Kumar wrote: >>> On 1 December 2014 at 18:24, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote: >>>> Thanks a lot for working on this, we really need to figure it out one day! >>> >>> >>> >>>> Your patches seem well-implemented, so if everybody thinks the general >>>> approach is the best solution, we should do that. From my point of view, >>>> there are two things I would do differently: >>>> >>>> - In the DT binding, I would strongly prefer anything but the root compatible >>>> property as the key for the new platforms. Clearly we have to keep using >>>> it for the backwards-compatibility case, as you do, but I think there >>>> are more appropriate places to put it. Sorting from most favorite to least >>>> favorite, my list would be: >>>> 1. a new property in /cpus/ >>>> 2. a new property each /cpus/cpu@... node. >>> >>> I did it this way earlier and named it dvfs-method but probably putting this >>> into the /cpus/ node is far better. But then Sudeep asked to utilize >>> compatible property only.. >>> >>> Are you fine with the name here? "dvfs-method" >>> >> >> That's right, I don't like driver specific method in the cpu node as you >> initially did. But if it's a property in the chosen node (where we >> usually put the Linux specific properties), I am fine with >> that as Arnd has illustrated in his patch. > > I would prefer the /cpus node over the /chosen node because the former > describes the hardware while the latter is supposed to be user-settable > (on real open-firmware at least). But I think either one is better than > using the / node compatible string. > Agreed, the main reason for objection was that in the initial proposal it was more a Linux configuration rather than hardware property. <dvfs-method> = "cpufreq-dt"; I don't see anything hardware feature presented with that. On the other hand, we could represent the some thing like whether the cpu share clock or are they independently clocked as a hardware property in the cpu nodes. > How about a "linux,cpu-dvfs-method" property in the root node? Would > that work better for you than a "linux,dvfs-method" in the "/cpus" > node? > I will leave that to the DT maintainers for specific details though my preference is still chosen node as it's more related to Linux and it's driver choice and unlikely to be used by other OSes. IMO we just need single entry in the DT, so I am fine with either of your choice above. Regards, Sudeep -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pm" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On Monday 01 December 2014 15:07:15 Sudeep Holla wrote: > On 01/12/14 14:11, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > On Monday 01 December 2014 13:35:25 Sudeep Holla wrote: > >> On 01/12/14 13:29, Viresh Kumar wrote: > >>> On 1 December 2014 at 18:24, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote: > >>>> Thanks a lot for working on this, we really need to figure it out one day! > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> Your patches seem well-implemented, so if everybody thinks the general > >>>> approach is the best solution, we should do that. From my point of view, > >>>> there are two things I would do differently: > >>>> > >>>> - In the DT binding, I would strongly prefer anything but the root compatible > >>>> property as the key for the new platforms. Clearly we have to keep using > >>>> it for the backwards-compatibility case, as you do, but I think there > >>>> are more appropriate places to put it. Sorting from most favorite to least > >>>> favorite, my list would be: > >>>> 1. a new property in /cpus/ > >>>> 2. a new property each /cpus/cpu@... node. > >>> > >>> I did it this way earlier and named it dvfs-method but probably putting this > >>> into the /cpus/ node is far better. But then Sudeep asked to utilize > >>> compatible property only.. > >>> > >>> Are you fine with the name here? "dvfs-method" > >>> > >> > >> That's right, I don't like driver specific method in the cpu node as you > >> initially did. But if it's a property in the chosen node (where we > >> usually put the Linux specific properties), I am fine with > >> that as Arnd has illustrated in his patch. > > > > I would prefer the /cpus node over the /chosen node because the former > > describes the hardware while the latter is supposed to be user-settable > > (on real open-firmware at least). But I think either one is better than > > using the / node compatible string. > > > > Agreed, the main reason for objection was that in the initial proposal > it was more a Linux configuration rather than hardware property. > > <dvfs-method> = "cpufreq-dt"; > > I don't see anything hardware feature presented with that. On the other > hand, we could represent the some thing like whether the cpu share > clock or are they independently clocked as a hardware property in the > cpu nodes. My interpretation of the dvfs-method property is that the string states how dvfs works. In particular, it would be used to tell the difference between machines that just rely on the clocks and regulators properties of the CPU nodes as defined in bindings/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.txt compared to those that need platform-specific properties beyond that. The value of the string should indeed not be "cpufreq-dt", as that would be a linux implementation detail and inappropriate here. For the strings, we could use a set like linux,dvfs-method = "generic"; /* bindings/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.txt */ linux,dvfs-method = "arm,big-little"; /* bindings/cpufreq/arm_big_little_dt.txt */ linux,dvfs-method = "samsung,exynos4210"; /* legacy exynos, all four */ linux,dvfs-method = "samsung,exynos4212"; linux,dvfs-method = "samsung,exynos4412"; linux,dvfs-method = "samsung,exynos5250"; Note that the "linux," prefix here does not mean that the property would not be interpreted by another OS or that it doesn't describe the hardware. Instead, it means that it is defined by linux first and not specific to some other vendor. We could also drop the prefix, but that has the danger of conflicting with another property that someone already defined, while the "linux," namespace is managed through our upstream git and we know that nobody is using this property name. > > How about a "linux,cpu-dvfs-method" property in the root node? Would > > that work better for you than a "linux,dvfs-method" in the "/cpus" > > node? > > > > I will leave that to the DT maintainers for specific details though > my preference is still chosen node as it's more related to Linux and > it's driver choice and unlikely to be used by other OSes. IMO we just > need single entry in the DT, so I am fine with either of your choice above. Ok. Arnd -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pm" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On 01/12/14 16:03, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Monday 01 December 2014 15:07:15 Sudeep Holla wrote: >> On 01/12/14 14:11, Arnd Bergmann wrote: >>> On Monday 01 December 2014 13:35:25 Sudeep Holla wrote: >>>> On 01/12/14 13:29, Viresh Kumar wrote: >>>>> On 1 December 2014 at 18:24, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote: >>>>>> Thanks a lot for working on this, we really need to figure it out one day! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Your patches seem well-implemented, so if everybody thinks the general >>>>>> approach is the best solution, we should do that. From my point of view, >>>>>> there are two things I would do differently: >>>>>> >>>>>> - In the DT binding, I would strongly prefer anything but the root compatible >>>>>> property as the key for the new platforms. Clearly we have to keep using >>>>>> it for the backwards-compatibility case, as you do, but I think there >>>>>> are more appropriate places to put it. Sorting from most favorite to least >>>>>> favorite, my list would be: >>>>>> 1. a new property in /cpus/ >>>>>> 2. a new property each /cpus/cpu@... node. >>>>> >>>>> I did it this way earlier and named it dvfs-method but probably putting this >>>>> into the /cpus/ node is far better. But then Sudeep asked to utilize >>>>> compatible property only.. >>>>> >>>>> Are you fine with the name here? "dvfs-method" >>>>> >>>> >>>> That's right, I don't like driver specific method in the cpu node as you >>>> initially did. But if it's a property in the chosen node (where we >>>> usually put the Linux specific properties), I am fine with >>>> that as Arnd has illustrated in his patch. >>> >>> I would prefer the /cpus node over the /chosen node because the former >>> describes the hardware while the latter is supposed to be user-settable >>> (on real open-firmware at least). But I think either one is better than >>> using the / node compatible string. >>> >> >> Agreed, the main reason for objection was that in the initial proposal >> it was more a Linux configuration rather than hardware property. >> >> <dvfs-method> = "cpufreq-dt"; >> >> I don't see anything hardware feature presented with that. On the other >> hand, we could represent the some thing like whether the cpu share >> clock or are they independently clocked as a hardware property in the >> cpu nodes. > > My interpretation of the dvfs-method property is that the string states > how dvfs works. In particular, it would be used to tell the difference > between machines that just rely on the clocks and regulators properties > of the CPU nodes as defined in bindings/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.txt compared > to those that need platform-specific properties beyond that. The value > of the string should indeed not be "cpufreq-dt", as that would be a linux > implementation detail and inappropriate here. > May be I misunderstood, but from Viresh's initial proposal my understanding was that the value of the property would indicate that it should use the cpufreq-dt driver and that sounded like Linux specific. If it's not going to be used in that manner and is what have explained above, I am fine with that as that's exactly what I am trying to convey in this thread(though I now realize that I have not been so clear :( ) Regards, Sudeep -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pm" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 6:54 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote: > On Monday 01 December 2014 17:11:21 Viresh Kumar wrote: >> >> DT based cpufreq drivers doesn't require much support from platform code now a >> days as most of the stuff is moved behind generic APIs. Like clk APIs for >> changing clock rates, regulator APIs for changing voltages, etc. >> >> One of the bottleneck still left was how to select which cpufreq driver to probe >> for a given platform as there might be multiple drivers available. >> >> Traditionally, we used to create platform devices from machine specific code >> which binds with a cpufreq driver. And while we moved towards DT based device >> creation, these devices stayed as is. >> >> The problem is getting worse now as we have architectures now with Zero platform >> specific code. Forcefully these platforms have to create a new file in >> drivers/cpufreq/ to just add these platform devices in order to use the generic >> drivers like cpufreq-dt.c. >> >> This has been discussed again and again, but with no solution yet. Last it was >> discussed here: >> >> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2014-May/256154.html >> >> This patch is an attempt towards getting the bindings. >> >> We only need to have cpufreq drivers name string present in "compatible" >> property for the root node.. If a cpufreq driver with DT support exists with >> that name, then cpufreq core will create a platform device for that. >> >> The first patch presents the new binding, second one creates another file >> responsible for creating platform devices for all DT based cpufreq drivers. >> >> And later patches update platforms to migrate to it one by one. >> >> A BLACKLIST of platforms already supported by these drivers is also created for >> backward compatibility of newer kernels with older DTs. And so for such >> platforms DT files aren't updated. >> >> An initial RFC that presented the idea was discussed here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/devicetree@vger.kernel.org/msg52509.html >> >> Tested-ON: Exynos5250. (The last patch for exynos depends on some commits to be >> upstreamed in 3.19, presented here just for testing). > > Thanks a lot for working on this, we really need to figure it out one day! > > Your patches seem well-implemented, so if everybody thinks the general > approach is the best solution, we should do that. From my point of view, > there are two things I would do differently: I think the changes here for the "legacy" DTs are fine, but they should be separated from the DT binding changes. > - In the DT binding, I would strongly prefer anything but the root compatible > property as the key for the new platforms. Clearly we have to keep using > it for the backwards-compatibility case, as you do, but I think there > are more appropriate places to put it. Sorting from most favorite to least > favorite, my list would be: > 1. a new property in /cpus/ > 2. a new property each /cpus/cpu@... node. > 3. the compatible property of the /cpus node > 4. a top-level device node that gets turned into a platform device > 5. a new property in the / node > 6. a new property in the /chosen node > 7. the compatible property in the / node We already have some properties such as clocks and OPP in the cpu nodes. Granted, those are probably not sufficient to bind against. The current OPP binding has shown to be insufficient based on some of the past proposals on how to handle various different scenarios: - Different topologies of OPPs: single shared clock vs. independent clock per core vs. shared clock per cluster; different OPP per cluster - Support for turbo modes - Other per OPP settings: transition latencies, disabled status, etc.? I don't want to see band-aids that only fix one problem here and this series is included. We need to define a better way to define OPPs and deprecate the existing binding. I think we probably need something with a node per OPP so we can add new properties. These can have a compatible property including something generic for purposes of matching. So something like this: opp@?? { compatible = "highbank-opp", "generic-cpu-opp"; clocks = <&clk-controller 0>; clock-frequency = <1000000000>; opp-supply = <&cpu-supply>; voltage-uV = <1000000>; turbo-mode; status = "disabled"; }; I've left how to map cpus and clusters with OPPs as an exercise for the reader. :) > - Implementation-wise, I don't think it's helpful to have a global function > that registers a platform device to be consumed by the device driver. I'd > rather just see a module_init function in each driver that rather than > registering a platform_driver scans the DT properties. This is only really > necessary when not using DT (omap2, omap3, davinci, loongson) or when > passing additional resources or platform_data (kirkwood, but that can > look up the "marvell,orion-system-controller" node if necessary). > My preferred solution would be to eventually remove the platform_device > registration for all DT users. If a driver needs a platform device pointer > internally, it can use platform_create_bundle(), but that's probably not > even necessary. This is essentially undoing what has been the general direction for cpufreq drivers. Not saying that is wrong, but we should have consistent direction here. Rob -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pm" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Dear Arnd Bergmann, On Mon, 01 Dec 2014 15:59:14 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > I still don't see where it does that. All I see for mvebu is > > platform_device_register_simple("cpufreq-dt", -1, NULL, 0); > > without any platform data. I see this patch > http://lists.linaro.org/pipermail/linaro-kernel/2014-September/017693.html > on the mailing list, but it's not in linux-next, and it obviously > would not work any more with the patch I proposed. Instead I suppose > you would use a different string to match against for the case of > separate clocks. Hum, right. Actually, only the cpufreq driver part has been taken, and I forgot to resubmit the mach-mvebu part of the solution. I'll do so today. Best regards, Thomas
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.c index 6f5f5615fbf1..697b4dc47715 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.c @@ -345,13 +345,50 @@ static struct cpufreq_driver dt_cpufreq_driver = { .attr = cpufreq_generic_attr, }; -static int dt_cpufreq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) +/* + * these machines are using the driver but provide no standard + * probing method, only for old machines with existing dtbs. + */ +static struct of_device_id legacy_machines = { + { .compatible = "calxeda,highbank" }, + { .compatible = "renesas,sh7372" }, + { .compatible = "renesas,sh73a0" }, + { .compatible = "samsung,exynos5250" }, + { .compatible = "samsung,exynos4210" }, + { .compatible = "xlnx,zynq-7000" }, +}; + +static bool dt_cpufreq_available(void) +{ + struct device_node *node; + bool ret; + + node = of_find_node_by_path("/cpus"); + if (!node) + return 0; + + /* the specific property needs to be debated */ + ret = of_property_read_bool("linux,cpu-frequency-scaling"); + of_node_put(node); + if (ret) + return 1; + + node = of_find_node_by_path("/"); + ret = of_match_device(&legacy_machines, node); + of_node_put(node); + + return ret; +} + +static int __init dt_cpufreq_probe(void) { struct device *cpu_dev; struct regulator *cpu_reg; struct clk *cpu_clk; int ret; + if (!dt_cpufreq_available()) + return -ENXIO; /* * All per-cluster (CPUs sharing clock/voltages) initialization is done * from ->init(). In probe(), we just need to make sure that clk and @@ -367,29 +404,19 @@ static int dt_cpufreq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) if (!IS_ERR(cpu_reg)) regulator_put(cpu_reg); - dt_cpufreq_driver.driver_data = dev_get_platdata(&pdev->dev); - ret = cpufreq_register_driver(&dt_cpufreq_driver); if (ret) dev_err(cpu_dev, "failed register driver: %d\n", ret); return ret; } +module_init(dt_cpufreq_probe); -static int dt_cpufreq_remove(struct platform_device *pdev) +static void __exit dt_cpufreq_remove(void) { cpufreq_unregister_driver(&dt_cpufreq_driver); - return 0; } - -static struct platform_driver dt_cpufreq_platdrv = { - .driver = { - .name = "cpufreq-dt", - }, - .probe = dt_cpufreq_probe, - .remove = dt_cpufreq_remove, -}; -module_platform_driver(dt_cpufreq_platdrv); +module_exit(dt_cpufreq_remove); MODULE_AUTHOR("Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>"); MODULE_AUTHOR("Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@linaro.org>");