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[v3,1/2] Documentation: bindings: Introduce scpi,sensors-scale

Message ID 20170309101759.18081-2-carlo@caione.org (mailing list archive)
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Carlo Caione March 9, 2017, 10:17 a.m. UTC
From: Carlo Caione <carlo@endlessm.com>

Document the new property `scpi,sensors-scale` used by the hwmon-scpi
driver to convert the sensor readings to the correct / expected scale.

Signed-off-by: Carlo Caione <carlo@endlessm.com>
---
 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arm,scpi.txt | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

Comments

Sudeep Holla March 15, 2017, 6:20 p.m. UTC | #1
On 09/03/17 10:17, Carlo Caione wrote:
> From: Carlo Caione <carlo@endlessm.com>
> 
> Document the new property `scpi,sensors-scale` used by the hwmon-scpi
> driver to convert the sensor readings to the correct / expected scale.
> 

I am fine with DT bindings if DT maintainers agree with having one but I
would like to add couple of points to get their feedback:

1. ARM recognized the drawbacks of SCPI which started informally with
   ARM Ltd platforms and got adopted by few vendors. It's now being
   worked on and a much better and scalable replacement protocol is
   being discussed with vendors now. So future enhancement to this SCPI
   protocol is unlikely.

2. AmLogic has diverted from base protocol in many ways and most of them
   are handled with just compatible so far without any need for
   additional bindings. Can we avoid it ?

So based on these, I prefer not to add more bindings to handle such
deviations but make it just AmLogic specific.
Guenter Roeck March 15, 2017, 7:30 p.m. UTC | #2
On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 06:20:33PM +0000, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> 
> 
> On 09/03/17 10:17, Carlo Caione wrote:
> > From: Carlo Caione <carlo@endlessm.com>
> > 
> > Document the new property `scpi,sensors-scale` used by the hwmon-scpi
> > driver to convert the sensor readings to the correct / expected scale.
> > 
> 
> I am fine with DT bindings if DT maintainers agree with having one but I
> would like to add couple of points to get their feedback:
> 
> 1. ARM recognized the drawbacks of SCPI which started informally with
>    ARM Ltd platforms and got adopted by few vendors. It's now being
>    worked on and a much better and scalable replacement protocol is
>    being discussed with vendors now. So future enhancement to this SCPI
>    protocol is unlikely.
> 
> 2. AmLogic has diverted from base protocol in many ways and most of them
>    are handled with just compatible so far without any need for
>    additional bindings. Can we avoid it ?
> 
> So based on these, I prefer not to add more bindings to handle such
> deviations but make it just AmLogic specific.
> 

I like the idea.

Guenter
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Rob Herring (Arm) March 15, 2017, 8:36 p.m. UTC | #3
On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 06:20:33PM +0000, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> 
> 
> On 09/03/17 10:17, Carlo Caione wrote:
> > From: Carlo Caione <carlo@endlessm.com>
> > 
> > Document the new property `scpi,sensors-scale` used by the hwmon-scpi
> > driver to convert the sensor readings to the correct / expected scale.
> > 
> 
> I am fine with DT bindings if DT maintainers agree with having one but I
> would like to add couple of points to get their feedback:
> 
> 1. ARM recognized the drawbacks of SCPI which started informally with
>    ARM Ltd platforms and got adopted by few vendors. It's now being
>    worked on and a much better and scalable replacement protocol is
>    being discussed with vendors now. So future enhancement to this SCPI
>    protocol is unlikely.
> 
> 2. AmLogic has diverted from base protocol in many ways and most of them
>    are handled with just compatible so far without any need for
>    additional bindings. Can we avoid it ?
> 
> So based on these, I prefer not to add more bindings to handle such
> deviations but make it just AmLogic specific.

Agreed.

Rob
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Martin Blumenstingl March 15, 2017, 8:56 p.m. UTC | #4
On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 7:20 PM, Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 09/03/17 10:17, Carlo Caione wrote:
>> From: Carlo Caione <carlo@endlessm.com>
>>
>> Document the new property `scpi,sensors-scale` used by the hwmon-scpi
>> driver to convert the sensor readings to the correct / expected scale.
>>
>
> I am fine with DT bindings if DT maintainers agree with having one but I
> would like to add couple of points to get their feedback:
>
> 1. ARM recognized the drawbacks of SCPI which started informally with
>    ARM Ltd platforms and got adopted by few vendors. It's now being
>    worked on and a much better and scalable replacement protocol is
>    being discussed with vendors now. So future enhancement to this SCPI
>    protocol is unlikely.
>
> 2. AmLogic has diverted from base protocol in many ways and most of them
>    are handled with just compatible so far without any need for
>    additional bindings. Can we avoid it ?
>
> So based on these, I prefer not to add more bindings to handle such
> deviations but make it just AmLogic specific.
could you please share your idea where this "Amlogic specific
implementation" fits best?
- in firmware/arm_scpi to keep a contract (for example: millicelsius)
to everyone who reads a temperature sensor for example
- or in hwmon/scpi-hwmon


Regards,
Martin
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Guenter Roeck March 15, 2017, 10:40 p.m. UTC | #5
On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 09:56:09PM +0100, Martin Blumenstingl wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 7:20 PM, Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 09/03/17 10:17, Carlo Caione wrote:
> >> From: Carlo Caione <carlo@endlessm.com>
> >>
> >> Document the new property `scpi,sensors-scale` used by the hwmon-scpi
> >> driver to convert the sensor readings to the correct / expected scale.
> >>
> >
> > I am fine with DT bindings if DT maintainers agree with having one but I
> > would like to add couple of points to get their feedback:
> >
> > 1. ARM recognized the drawbacks of SCPI which started informally with
> >    ARM Ltd platforms and got adopted by few vendors. It's now being
> >    worked on and a much better and scalable replacement protocol is
> >    being discussed with vendors now. So future enhancement to this SCPI
> >    protocol is unlikely.
> >
> > 2. AmLogic has diverted from base protocol in many ways and most of them
> >    are handled with just compatible so far without any need for
> >    additional bindings. Can we avoid it ?
> >
> > So based on these, I prefer not to add more bindings to handle such
> > deviations but make it just AmLogic specific.
> could you please share your idea where this "Amlogic specific
> implementation" fits best?
> - in firmware/arm_scpi to keep a contract (for example: millicelsius)
> to everyone who reads a temperature sensor for example
> - or in hwmon/scpi-hwmon
> 

So far the assumption was that it would be in hwmon. I don't mind for it
to be elsewhere, but I would think that the presence or non-presence
of a devicetree property should not affect or change the implementation.

Thanks,
Guenter
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Patch

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arm,scpi.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arm,scpi.txt
index 4018319..35c621c 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arm,scpi.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arm,scpi.txt
@@ -84,6 +84,24 @@  Required properties:
 			 as used by the firmware. Refer to  platform details
 			 for your implementation for the IDs to use.
 
+Optional properties:
+- scpi,sensors-scale: array of 5 elements defining the unit scale used by the
+                      SCP for the 5 different sensor classes (temperature,
+                      voltage, current, power, energy) such that 1 == unit,
+                      1000 == milli, 1000000 == micro, ...
+
+                      Example:
+                         scpi,sensors-scale = <1 1000 1000 1000000 1000000>
+                      In this case the values reported by SCP are:
+                      -> temperature in degree Celsius
+                      -> voltage in millivolts
+                      -> current in milliamperes
+                      -> power in microwatts
+                      -> energy in microjoules
+
+                      The default value is:
+                         scpi,sensors-scale = <1000 1000 1000 1000000 1000000>
+
 Power domain bindings for the power domains based on SCPI Message Protocol
 ------------------------------------------------------------