[PATCH v8 2/5] thermal: samsung: Add Exynos ACPM TMU driver GS101
André Draszik
andre.draszik at linaro.org
Tue Jun 9 04:51:47 PDT 2026
On Wed, 2026-06-03 at 13:00 +0000, Tudor Ambarus wrote:
> Add driver for the Thermal Management Unit (TMU) managed via the Alive
> Clock and Power Manager (ACPM), found on Samsung Exynos SoCs such as
> the Google GS101.
>
> The TMU on the GS101 utilizes a hybrid management model shared between
> the Application Processor (AP) and the ACPM firmware. The driver
> maintains direct memory-mapped access to the TMU interrupt pending
> registers to identify thermal events, while delegating functional
> tasks - such as sensor initialization, threshold configuration, and
> temperature acquisition, to the ACPM firmware via the ACPM IPC
> protocol.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus at linaro.org>
> Acked-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski at oss.qualcomm.com>
> ---
> drivers/thermal/samsung/Kconfig | 19 ++
> drivers/thermal/samsung/Makefile | 2 +
> drivers/thermal/samsung/acpm-tmu.c | 651 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 672 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/thermal/samsung/Kconfig b/drivers/thermal/samsung/Kconfig
> index f4eff5a41a84..bf9fb52e848e 100644
> --- a/drivers/thermal/samsung/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/thermal/samsung/Kconfig
> @@ -9,3 +9,22 @@ config EXYNOS_THERMAL
> the TMU, reports temperature and handles cooling action if defined.
> This driver uses the Exynos core thermal APIs and TMU configuration
> data from the supported SoCs.
> +
> +config EXYNOS_ACPM_THERMAL
> + tristate "Exynos ACPM thermal management unit driver"
> + depends on THERMAL_OF
> + depends on HAS_IOMEM
> + depends on EXYNOS_ACPM_PROTOCOL
> + default ARCH_EXYNOS
> + help
> + Support for the Thermal Management Unit (TMU) on Samsung Exynos SoCs
> + utilizing the ACPM IPC protocol, such as the Google GS101.
> +
> + The TMU on these platforms is managed through a hybrid architecture.
> + This driver handles direct register access for thermal interrupt status
> + monitoring and communicates with the Alive Clock and Power Manager
> + (ACPM) firmware via the ACPM IPC protocol for functional sensor control
> + and configuration.
> +
> + Select this if you want to monitor device temperature and enable
> + thermal mitigation on Samsung Exynos ACPM based devices.
If you're sending a new version, it might make sense to add a brief
clarification to the existing CONFIG_EXYNOS_THERMAL in that it only
supports (the older?) non-ACPM designs.
In any case:
Reviewed-by: André Draszik <andre.draszik at linaro.org>
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