Re: [PATCH 10/11] dt-bindings: misc: add bindings for throttler

From: Rob Herring
Date: Thu May 31 2018 - 12:32:06 EST


On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 01:30:42PM -0700, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote:

Commit msg?

> Signed-off-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../devicetree/bindings/misc/throttler.txt | 41 +++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/throttler.txt
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/throttler.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/throttler.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..92f13e94451a
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/throttler.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
> +Throttler driver
> +
> +The Throttler is used for non-thermal throttling of system components like
> +CPUs or devfreq devices.

This all looks very Linux specific and not a h/w device. Perhaps you can
add hint properties to OPP tables as to what entries can be used for
throttling, but otherwise this doesn't belong in DT.