Re: [PATCH 1/8] arm64: dts: mt8183: add thermal zone node

From: Michael Kao
Date: Wed May 08 2019 - 08:24:42 EST


On Mon, 2019-05-06 at 12:43 +0200, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> On 03/05/2019 18:46, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Fri, May 03, 2019 at 04:03:58PM +0800, Hsin-Yi Wang wrote:
> >> On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 10:43 AM michael.kao <michael.kao@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Add thermal zone node to Mediatek MT8183 dts file.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Michael Kao <michael.kao@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> ---
> >>> arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt8183.dtsi | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>> 1 file changed, 64 insertions(+)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt8183.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt8183.dtsi
> >>> index 926df75..b92116f 100644
> >>> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt8183.dtsi
> >>> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt8183.dtsi
> >>> @@ -334,6 +334,67 @@
> >>> status = "disabled";
> >>> };
> >>>
> >>> + thermal: thermal@1100b000 {
> >>> + #thermal-sensor-cells = <1>;
> >>> + compatible = "mediatek,mt8183-thermal";
> >>> + reg = <0 0x1100b000 0 0x1000>;
> >>> + interrupts = <0 76 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW>;
> >>> + clocks = <&infracfg CLK_INFRA_THERM>,
> >>> + <&infracfg CLK_INFRA_AUXADC>;
> >>> + clock-names = "therm", "auxadc";
> >>> + resets = <&infracfg MT8183_INFRACFG_AO_THERM_SW_RST>;
> >>> + mediatek,auxadc = <&auxadc>;
> >>> + mediatek,apmixedsys = <&apmixedsys>;
> >>> + mediatek,hw-reset-temp = <117000>;
> >>> + nvmem-cells = <&thermal_calibration>;
> >>> + nvmem-cell-names = "calibration-data";
> >>> + };
> >>> +
> >>> + thermal-zones {
> >>> + cpu_thermal: cpu_thermal {
> >>> + polling-delay-passive = <1000>;
> >>> + polling-delay = <1000>;
> >>> +
> >>> + thermal-sensors = <&thermal 0>;
> >>> + sustainable-power = <1500>;
> >>> + };
> >>> +
> >>> + tzts1: tzts1 {
> >>> + polling-delay-passive = <1000>;
> >>> + polling-delay = <1000>;
> >>> + thermal-sensors = <&thermal 1>;
> >> Is sustainable-power required for tzts? Though it's an optional
> >> property, kernel would have warning:
> >> [ 0.631556] thermal thermal_zone1: power_allocator:
> >> sustainable_power will be estimated
> >> [ 0.639586] thermal thermal_zone2: power_allocator:
> >> sustainable_power will be estimated
> >> [ 0.647611] thermal thermal_zone3: power_allocator:
> >> sustainable_power will be estimated
> >> [ 0.655635] thermal thermal_zone4: power_allocator:
> >> sustainable_power will be estimated
> >> [ 0.663658] thermal thermal_zone5: power_allocator:
> >> sustainable_power will be estimated
> >> if no sustainable-power assigned.
> >
> > The property is indeed optional, if it isn't specified IPA will use
> > the sum of the minimum power of all 'power actors' of the zone as
> > estimate (see estimate_sustainable_power()). This may lead to overly
> > agressive throttling, since the nominal sustainable power will always
> > be <= the requested power.
> >
> > In my understanding the sustainable power may varies between devices,
> > even for the same SoC. One could have all the hardware crammed into a
> > tiny plastic enclosure (e.g. ASUS Chromebit), another might have a
> > laptop form factor and a metal enclosure (e.g. ASUS C201). Both
> > examples are based on an Rockchip rk3288, but they have completely
> > different thermal behavior, and would likely have different values for
> > 'sustainable-power'.
> >
> > In this sense I tend to consider 'sustainable-power' more a device,
> > than a SoC property. You could specify a 'reasonable' value as a
> > starting point, but it will likely not be optimal for all or even most
> > devices. The warning might even be useful for device makers by
> > indicating them that there is room for tweaking.
>
>
> The sustainable power is the power dissipated by the devices belonging
> to the thermal zone at the given trip temperature.
>
> With the power numbers and the cooling devices, the IPA will change the
> states of the cooling devices to leverage the dissipated power to the
> sustainable power.
>
> The contribution is the cooling effect of the cooling device.
>
> However, the IPA is limited to one thermal zone and the cooling device
> is the cpu cooling device. There is the devfreq cooling device but as
> the graphic driver is not upstream, it is found in the android tree only
> for the moment.
>
> As you mentioned the sustainable power can vary depending on the form
> factor and the production process for the same SoC (they can go to
> higher frequencies thus dissipate more power). That is the reason why we
> split the DT per SoC and we override the values on a per SoC version basis.
>
> You can have a look the rk3399.dtsi and their variant for experimental
> board (*-rock960.dts) and the chromebook version (*-gru-kevin.dts).
>
> Do you want a empiric procedure to find out the sustainable power ?
>
>
>
OK, I will add the cooling map. But the tzts1 ~ tzts6 don't need to binding cooler.
The "cpu_thermal" is max value of tzts1 ~tzts6. And cpu_thermal bind
cooler with IPA. tzts1~6 don't need to add cooler. So, do I just add
cooling map without any binding any cooling-cell?

I think thermal framework will add estimated sustainable power. Maybe I
should add by myself. What's procedure do you recommend to find
sustainable power?