Re: [PATCH v6 5/6] arm64: dts: qcom: sm8450: Add opp table support to PCIe

From: Viresh Kumar
Date: Wed Jan 31 2024 - 00:23:52 EST


On 30-01-24, 18:46, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> Agree. But what I'm saying is, right now there is no DT property in the
> interconnect consumer nodes to specificy the bw requirements. This is all
> hardcoded in the respective ICC consumer drivers.

I thought there are a lot of users already in there..

$ git grep -i opp.*bps arch/arm64/boot/dts/ | wc -l
864

> But when we use OPP to control bw, the bw requirements come from DT. This is
> what I see as a difference. Because, only nodes making use of OPP will specify
> bw in DT and other nodes making use of just ICC will not.
>
> Maybe I'm worrying too much about these details... But it looks like
> inconsistency to me.

Right. So is there inconsistency right now ? Yes, there is.

The important question we need to answer is where do we want to see
all these drivers (specially new ones) in the future. What's the right
thing to do eventually ? Hardcode stuff ? Or Move it to DT ?

The answer is DT for me, so the code can be generic enough to be
reused. This is just one step in the right direction I guess.
Eventually the drivers must get simplified, which they are I guess.

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viresh