[RESEND PATCH v2 0/9] imx: thermal: Allow trip point configuration from DT

[Francesco Dolcini]

On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 07:51:53AM +0000, Jacky Bai wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 07:31:25AM +0000, Jacky Bai wrote:
> > > > Subject: [RESEND PATCH v2 0/9] imx: thermal: Allow trip point
> > > > configuration from DT
> > > >
> > > > This series allows to specify the imx thermal drivers trip point
> > > > from the device tree, without this change the threshold are
> > > > hard-coded and this might not be correct given the thermal design of the
> > final system.
> > > >
> > >
> > > The threshold is set dynamically based on the part market temp grade.
> > > I am little confused why need to specify it in DT?  I saw in 'PATCH
> > > 5/9', you provide a threshold table based temp grade, why not use the
> > > threshold from ' imx_init_temp_grade'?
> > 
> > The problem with the existing temperature thresholds is that they are
> > hard-coded into the driver, there is no way to change those to match the
> > actual final system thermal design.
> > 
> > After various discussions [1][2] with Marco, Daniel and Lucas it was agreed
> > that the actual trip is indeed a system property and therefore should be
> > described in the device tree. This series make it possible in a backward
> > compatible way, this new possibility is than used to override the threshold in
> > some system-specific dts (see patches 6,7,8 and 9).
> > 
> 
> Thx. Yes, in current driver design, the critical trip is fixed at 5 Celsius lower than the MAX limited.
> So the purpose of this patch is just want to override this limitation to adjust it based on system need?

Correct (including the passive trip, for completeness).

Francesco