Hi all,
The Energy Model supports power values expressed in an abstract scale.
This has an impact on Intelligent Power Allocation (IPA) and should be
documented properly. Kernel sub-systems like EAS, IPA and DTPM
(new comming PowerCap framework) would use the new flag to capture
potential miss-configuration where the devices have registered different
power scales, thus cannot operate together.
There was a discussion below v2 of this patch series, which might help
you to get context of these changes [2].
The agreed approach is to have the DT as a source of power values expressed
always in milli-Watts and the only way to submit with abstract scale values
is via the em_dev_register_perf_domain() API.
Changes:
v4:
- change bool to int type for 'miliwatts' in struct em_perf_domain
(suggested by Quentin)
- removed one sentence from patch 2/4 in IPA doc power_allocator.rst
(suggested by Quentin)
- added reviewed-by from Quentin to 1/4, 3/4, 4/4 patches