Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] ACPI: CPPC: Add CPPC v4 support (ACPI 6.6)
From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Fri May 08 2026 - 15:04:47 EST
On Thu, Apr 30, 2026 at 4:25 PM Sumit Gupta <sumitg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Add initial kernel support for CPPC v4 (ACPI 6.6, Section 8.4.6),
> which extends the _CPC package from 23 to 25 entries with two
> optional fields:
>
> - OSPM Nominal Performance (8.4.6.1.2.6): register used by OSPM
> to tell the platform what it considers nominal. The platform
> classifies performance above this as boost and below as
> throttle for power/thermal decisions.
>
> - Resource Priority (8.4.6.1.2.7): Package of Resource Priority
> Register Descriptor sub-packages. Full parsing is not yet
> implemented; such entries are marked as unsupported.
>
> Patch 1: Add v4 _CPC parsing - validate the 25-entry layout,
> handle the Resource Priority package, and mark the two new
> registers optional.
>
> Patch 2: Add acpi_cppc/ospm_nominal_perf as a read-write sysfs
> attribute, and initialize it to the platform nominal value
> during cppc_cpufreq policy init.
>
> ---
> v1[1] -> v2:
> - Patch 1: added Reviewed-by from Mario Limonciello.
> - Patch 2:
> - Make ospm_nominal_perf sysfs read-write; cache last write in
> cpc_desc and skip redundant register writes.
> - Validate input in cppc_set_ospm_nominal_perf.
>
> Sumit Gupta (2):
> ACPI: CPPC: Add support for CPPC v4
> ACPI: CPPC: Add ospm_nominal_perf support
>
> drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c | 93 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c | 10 ++++
> include/acpi/cppc_acpi.h | 14 ++++-
> 3 files changed, 109 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260427051823.280419-1-sumitg@xxxxxxxxxx/
>
> --
Can you please see the sashiko.dev feedback on this set:
https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260430142430.755437-1-sumitg%40nvidia.com
and let me know what you think? Especially regarding the second patch?