Re: [PATCH v7 00/15] Add support for devices in the Energy Model

[Lukasz Luba]

Hi Daniel,

On 5/22/20 11:43 AM, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> Hi Lukasz,
>
> On 11/05/2020 13:18, Lukasz Luba wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > This patch set introduces support for devices in the Energy Model (EM)
> > framework. It will unify the power model for thermal subsystem. It will
> > make simpler to add support for new devices willing to use more
> > advanced features (like Intelligent Power Allocation). Now it should
> > require less knowledge and effort for driver developer to add e.g.
> > GPU driver with simple energy model. A more sophisticated energy model
> > in the thermal framework is also possible, driver needs to provide
> > a dedicated callback function. More information can be found in the
> > updated documentation file.
> >
> > First 7 patches are refactoring Energy Model framework to add support
> > of other devices that CPUs. They change:
> > - naming convention from 'capacity' to 'performance' state,
> > - API arguments adding device pointer and not rely only on cpumask,
> > - change naming when 'cpu' was used, now it's a 'device'
> > - internal structure to maintain registered devices
> > - update users to the new API
> > Patch 8 updates OPP framework helper function to be more generic, not
> > CPU specific.
> > Patches 9-14 change devfreq cooling, dropping part of old power model and
> > adding registration with Energy Model via exported GPL function.
> > The last path is a simple change for Panfrost GPU driver.
> >
> > The patch set is based on linux-next tag next-20200508.
>
> Do you think it is possible to respin against linux-pm next ?

Yes, I will do it and send the v8.

> I wanted to try the series but I'm getting non trivial conflicts with
> the devfreq_cooling changes

Let me take care of this.

Regards,
Lukasz