[PATCH v4 2/4] dt-bindings: document Rockchip thermal

Tue Sep 9 18:14:18 PDT 2014

Hello,

On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 9:02 PM, Zhang Rui <rui.zhang at intel.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2014-09-09 at 11:09 -0400, Eduardo Valentin wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 09, 2014 at 01:35:31PM +0200, Heiko Stübner wrote:
>> > Am Dienstag, 9. September 2014, 10:27:17 schrieb Zhang Rui:
>> > > On Thu, 2014-09-04 at 09:02 +0800, Caesar Wang wrote:
>> > > > 在 2014年09月03日 16:07, Heiko Stübner 写道:
>> > > > > Am Mittwoch, 3. September 2014, 10:10:37 schrieb Caesar Wang:
>> > > > >> This add the necessary binding documentation for the thermal
>> > > > >> found on Rockchip SoCs
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> Signed-off-by: zhaoyifeng <zyf at rock-chips.com>
>> > > > >> Signed-off-by: Caesar Wang <caesar.wang at rock-chips.com>
>> > > > >> ---
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >>   .../devicetree/bindings/thermal/rockchip-thermal.txt | 20
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >>   create mode 100644
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/rockchip-thermal.txt
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> diff --git
>> > > > >> a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/rockchip-thermal.txt
>> > > > >> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/rockchip-thermal.txt new
>> > > > >> file
>> > > > >> mode 100644
>> > > > >> index 0000000..1ed4d4c
>> > > > >> --- /dev/null
>> > > > >> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/rockchip-thermal.txt
>> > > > >> @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
>> > > > >> +* Temperature Sensor ADC (TSADC) on rockchip SoCs
>> > > > >> +
>> > > > >> +Required properties:
>> > > > >> +- compatible: "rockchip,rk3288-tsadc"
>> > > > >> +- reg: physical base address of the controller and length of memory
>> > > > >> mapped
>> > > > >> +       region.
>> > > > >> +- interrupts: The interrupt number to the cpu. The interrupt specifier
>> > > > >> format +           depends on the interrupt controller.
>> > > > >> +- clocks: Must contain an entry for each entry in clock-names.
>> > > > >> +- clock-names: Shall be "tsadc" for the converter-clock, and
>> > > > >> "apb_pclk" for +            the peripheral clock.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > You're using the passive-temp, critical-temp and force-shut-temp
>> > > > > properties in your driver without declaring them here.
>> > > >
>> > > > frankly,the about are need be declared. but  there are 4 types[0] for
>> > > > trip in thermal framework,
>> > > > there is no force-shut for me. So I want to change it three additional
>> > > > properties in [PATCH V4 4/4],
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > [0]
>> > > > {
>> > > >
>> > > >      THERMAL_TRIP_CRITICAL,
>> > > >      THERMAL_TRIP_HOT,
>> > > >      THERMAL_TRIP_PASSIVE,
>> > > >      THERMAL_TRIP_ACTIVE,
>> > > >
>> > > > }
>> > >
>> > > this sounds reasonable to me.
>> > >
>> > > > > But more importantly, please use the generic trip-points for this. I
>> > > > > guess it shouldn't be a problem to introduce a "forced-shutdown"
>> > > > > trippoint [0] for the additional trip-point you have - thermal
>> > > > > maintainers, please shout if I'm wrong :-)
>> > >
>> > > what is the difference between a critical trip point and a
>> > > "forced-shutdown" trip point?
>> > > Thermal core will do a shutdown in case the critical trip point is
>> > > triggered.
>> >
>> > The forced-shutdown is where the thermal controller is supposed to also do a
>>
>> Currently, there is no discrimination between hardware configured /
>> triggered thermal shutdown and software detected / triggered thermal shutdown.
>> One way to implement it though is to reuse the critical trip type. Even
>> if you use more than one trip type it is doable, it will depend on the
>> priorities you give to software triggered and hardware triggered.
>>
>> > shutdown in hardware. As you said the thermal core will also shutdown at the
>> > critical trip point, I guess we could map Caesar's value like
>> >
>> > trip-point          tsadc
>> > critical            forced-shutdown (the 120 degrees in patch 4)
>>
>> > hot                 critical (the 100 degrees)
>> > ...
>> >
>> >
>>
>> In the case we are planing to expand the trip type range, adding one
>> specific to hardware configurable shutdown makes sense to me too.
> hmmm, why? you don't want an orderly shutdown? I still do not understand
> why we need a hardware shutdown trip point.
> Say, if we expect the system to be shutdown at 100C, I don't think we
> have a chance to trigger the hardware shutdown trip point.
> Further more, if my understanding is right, thermal core won't do
> anything for the hardware shutdown trip point because the system will be
> shutdown automatically, right? If this is true, why bother introducing
> this to thermal core?
>

Some ICs allow configuring the temperature when the shutdown will
happen. That is, you setup in registers the thermal shutdown
threshold, and one of the output pin of the IC is wired to, say, the
processor reset pin. Some other ICs have the threshold hardwired, and
cannot be configured.

Those options are a last chance to avoid processors to burn, in case
software really gets stuck at high temperatures.

The only thing that the thermal driver would need to worry is the
configuration step, that is, writing the value to the registers. In
the case the thermal core would have a specific trip type for such
case, the core itself would not do anything, except allowing designing
a thermal zone with hardware shutdown trips. And thus the thermal
driver would do the configuration.

Currently, the way I see to implement this is to interpret critical
trips as the threshold to be configured at the IC registers. That is,
reusing critical trips as orderly power down and as the hardware
shutdown threshold.

> thanks,
> rui
>> Alhtough, as I mention, I believe with the current generic trip types,
>> this situation can be covered already.
>>  Besides, I believe
>> 'forced-shutdown' does not sound a descriptive enough though. I would
>> suggest something more specific, say 'hardware-shutdown'.
>>
>> > >
>> > > thanks,
>> > > rui
>> > >
>> > > > It's a good option.
>> > > > I can send a patch,but I don't know whether the thermal maintainers will
>> > > > accept it.
>> > > >
>> > > > Maybe,they have a better way to suggest it.:-)
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > PS:I will sent a new patch If I still have no received their suggestions
>> > > > in two days.
>> > > >
>> > > > > Heiko
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > > [0] in a separate patch, changing
>> > > > > - thermal_trip_type enum in include/linux/thermal.h
>> > > > > - trip_types mapping in drivers/thermal/of-thermal.c
>> > > > > - Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal.txt
>> > > > >
>> > > > >> +
>> > > > >> +Example:
>> > > > >> +tsadc: tsadc at ff280000 {
>> > > > >> +    compatible = "rockchip,rk3288-tsadc";
>> > > > >> +    reg = <0xff280000 0x100>;
>> > > > >> +    interrupts = <GIC_SPI 37 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
>> > > > >> +    clocks = <&cru SCLK_TSADC>, <&cru PCLK_TSADC>;
>> > > > >> +    clock-names = "tsadc", "apb_pclk";
>> > > > >> +};
>> >
>>
>
>

-- 
Eduardo Bezerra Valentin