[PATCH v3 3/5] ARM: Exynos: switch to using generic cpufreq driver for Exynos4x12

[Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz]

On Monday, August 03, 2015 04:10:44 PM Viresh Kumar wrote:
> On 03-08-15, 12:36, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> > I would really like it to be dependency not an option (+ I think
> > that ideally it should be checked at runtime, IOW we should be
> > checking from cpufreq-dt driver if the thermal support is enabled
> > before enabling boost support).
> 
> I don't think boost has any dependency on thermal support. Yeah, it
> may be true for your platform but we can't force it. People might have
> different algorithms to control boost modes, thermal is just one
> option they may look at. For few, enabling boost may not be a thermal
> issue, but power. So, they want to allow it only when they want, but
> that wouldn't burn their chip.

OK, I see your point (I have not thought about power being the boost
limitation previously).

> So, a platform can choose how it wants to have it. :)

I'll re-do this patch.  Thank you.

Best regards,
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Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics