Re: [PATCH 4/8] cpufreq: qcom_cpufreq_nvmem: Simplify reading kryo speedbin

[Bjorn Andersson]

On Fri 15 Oct 11:58 PDT 2021, Konrad Dybcio wrote:

> 
> On 14.10.2021 10:32, Yassine Oudjana wrote:
> > In preparation for adding a separate device tree for MSM8996 Pro, skip reading
> > msm-id from smem and just read the speedbin efuse.
> >
> While I'd really like for this to be merged, it's gonna totally wreck backwards
> 
> compatibility.. But then, since APCC was not defined properly before commit
> 
> 0a275a35ceab07 arm64: dts: qcom: msm8996: Make CPUCC actually probe (and work)
> 
> there's only 5.14/5.15 (both of which were non-LTS) which would *actually* break given
> 
> somebody decided that "ah yes, pulling in DTs from these specific mainline kernel releases
> 
> is a good idea"...
> 
> 
> If I were to judge, it would probably be fine to rid the old mechanism..
> 

Given that various people have reported instabilities on db820c in its
current form - and prior to that it was too slow - I think it's fine to
favour getting this sorted out properly over backwards compatibility.

Regards,
Bjorn