Re: [PATCH/RFC v2 02/12] PM / Domains: Add DT bindings for PM QoS device latencies

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Kevin,

On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 11:31 PM, Kevin Hilman <khilman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> PM QoS device start/stop and save/restore state latencies are more or
>> less properties of the hardware.
>> In legacy code, they're specified from platform code.
>> On DT platforms, their values should come from DT.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> Should these properties be called "linux,*-latency"?
>
> Hmm, the start/stop latencies are clearly properties of the hardware,
> but the save/restore latencies seem to be a function of the driver.
> e.g., some drivers may keep a shadow copy of their registers in memory
> so the save time is minimized.
>
> I don't have too strong of an opinion on this, but probably the drivers
> should just add their own values to the start/stop latencies to add the
> linux specific overhead.

Thanks. I agree with you on this, so I'll remove the save/restore latencies.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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