Re: [PATCH v4 2/8] Documentation: arm: define DT cpu capacity bindings

From: Mark Brown
Date: Mon Mar 21 2016 - 08:12:37 EST


On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 11:49:56AM +0000, Juri Lelli wrote:

> But we'll still need to normalize this w.r.t the highest score we get on
> a specific platform, right? And while we are at normalizing it, it is
> probably simpler if we keep the frequency component as part of the
> number, IMHO. But, maybe keeping the frequency component separate is
> more acceptable from a DT binding perspective?

One possible issue with that: if we keep the frequency number as part of
the core number then that might cause issues for devices with variants
or system deployment decisions that remove some OPPs from a table. If
the top OPP gets removed that would throw off the numbers.

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