[PATCH v3] arm64: dts: exynos7: add support for cpuidle core power down

[Chander Kashyap]

On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 4:42 PM, Lorenzo Pieralisi
<lorenzo.pieralisi at arm.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 10:15:36AM +0000, Chander Kashyap wrote:
>> Exynos7 has core power down state where cores can be powered off independently.
>> This patch adds support for this state.
>>
>> Entry latency for the core power down is calculated as follows:
>> 1. Time difference is measured between cpuidle entry and exit.
>> 2. WFI is skipped measuring the time.
>> 3. The time is averaged out for 100000 cpuidle transactions with varying load.
> - entry-latency-us
>         Usage: Required
>         "Definition: u32 value representing worst case latency in microseconds
>                      required to enter the idle state. ..."
>
> Is that an average value in your opinion ? I am being pedantic, I know,
> but we define bindings to be followed, not interpreted.

Sorry i missed the point.
The worst case value in a test set of 100000 cpuidle transactions is ~34us
I will update this and resend the patch.
>
> Thanks,
> Lorenzo
>
>> Exit latency and target residency are supplied as per HW team
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chander Kashyap <k.chander at samsung.com>
>> ---
>> This patch has following dependencies:
>>       - [PATCH v5 0/8] arch: arm64: Enable support for Samsung Exynos7 SoC
>>               http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-samsung-soc/msg37047.html
>> Changes in v2:
>>       - Moved the cpu-idle-state property after reg property
>>       - removed the status property.
>>
>> Changes in v3:
>>       - Added the Entry latency calculation in commit message.
>>
>>  arch/arm64/boot/dts/exynos/exynos7.dtsi |   17 +++++++++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/exynos/exynos7.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/exynos/exynos7.dtsi
>> index 50ae936..444dde1 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/exynos/exynos7.dtsi
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/exynos/exynos7.dtsi
>> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
>>                       compatible = "arm,cortex-a57", "arm,armv8";
>>                       enable-method = "psci";
>>                       reg = <0x0>;
>> +                     cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_SLEEP>;
>>               };
>>
>>               cpu at 1 {
>> @@ -44,6 +45,7 @@
>>                       compatible = "arm,cortex-a57", "arm,armv8";
>>                       enable-method = "psci";
>>                       reg = <0x1>;
>> +                     cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_SLEEP>;
>>               };
>>
>>               cpu at 2 {
>> @@ -51,6 +53,7 @@
>>                       compatible = "arm,cortex-a57", "arm,armv8";
>>                       enable-method = "psci";
>>                       reg = <0x2>;
>> +                     cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_SLEEP>;
>>               };
>>
>>               cpu at 3 {
>> @@ -58,6 +61,20 @@
>>                       compatible = "arm,cortex-a57", "arm,armv8";
>>                       enable-method = "psci";
>>                       reg = <0x3>;
>> +                     cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_SLEEP>;
>> +             };
>> +
>> +             idle-states {
>> +                     entry-method = "arm,psci";
>> +
>> +                     CPU_SLEEP: cpu-sleep {
>> +                             compatible = "arm,idle-state";
>> +                             local-timer-stop;
>> +                             arm,psci-suspend-param = <0x0010000>;
>> +                             entry-latency-us = <20>;
>> +                             exit-latency-us = <150>;
>> +                             min-residency-us = <2100>;
>> +                     };
>>               };
>>       };
>>
>> --
>> 1.7.9.5
>>
>>
>
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