Re: [PATCH V7 0/2] qcom: x1e80100: Enable CPUFreq

[Sibi Sankar]

On 11/5/24 23:42, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On Tue, 05 Nov 2024 16:57:07 +0000,
> Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 01, 2024 at 02:43:57PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> > > On Fri, 01 Nov 2024 14:19:54 +0000,
> > > Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > > The side-effects and these remaining warnings are addressed by this
> > > > series:
> > > >
> > > > 	https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241030125512.2884761-1-quic_sibis@xxxxxxxxxxx/
> > > >
> > > > but I think we should try to make the warnings a bit more informative
> > > > (and less scary) by printing something along the lines of:
> > > >
> > > > 	arm-scmi arm-scmi.0.auto: [Firmware Bug]: Ignoring duplicate OPP 3417600 for NCC
> > > >
> > > > instead.
> > >
> > > Indeed. Seeing [Firmware Bug] has a comforting feeling of
> > > familiarity... :)
> > >
> > > I wonder whether the same sort of reset happen on more "commercial"
> > > systems (such as some of the laptops). You expect that people look at
> > > the cpufreq stuff closely, and don't see things exploding like we are.
> >
> > I finally got around to getting my Lenovo ThinkPad T14s to boot (it
> > refuses to start the kernel when using GRUB, and it's not due to the
> > known 64 GB memory issue as it only has 32 GB)
>
> <cry>
> I know the feeling. My devkit can't use GRUB either, so I added a
> hook to the GRUB config to generate EFI scripts that directly execute
> the kernel with initrd, dtb, and command line.
>
> This is probably the worse firmware I've seen in a very long while.

The PERF_LEVEL_GET implementation in the SCP firmware side
is the reason for the crash :|, currently there is a bug
in the kernel that picks up index that we set with LEVEL_SET
with fast channel and that masks the crash. I was told the
crash happens when idle states are enabled and a regular
LEVEL_GET message is triggered from the kernel. This was
fixed a while back but it will take a while to flow back
to all the devices. It should already be out CRD's.

Johan,
Now that you are aware of the the limitations can we make
a call on how to deal with this and land cpufreq?

-Sibi

> </cry>
>
> > and can confirm that it
> > hard resets when accessing the cpufreq sysfs attributes as well.
>
> Right. So this also happens on non-abandonware machines.
>
> > On the bright side, at least I don't see any warnings due to duplicate
> > OPPs on this machine (x1e78100, latest UEFI fw).
>
> One bug fixed...
>
> 	M.