[PATCH v4 4/5] thermal/drivers/sun8i: Add support for A523 THS0/1 controllers

Chen-Yu Tsai wens at kernel.org
Tue May 5 07:22:56 PDT 2026


On Mon, May 4, 2026 at 1:04 PM Mikhail Kalashnikov <iuncuim at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The A523 processor has two temperature controllers, THS0 and THS1.
> THS0 has only one temperature sensor, which is located in the DRAM.

in the DRAM controller.

Otherwise,

Reviewed-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens at kernel.org>

> THS1 does have 3 sensors:
> ths1_0 - "big" cores
> ths1_1 - "little" cores
> ths1_2 - gpu
>
> The datasheet mentions a fourth sensor in the NPU, but lacks any registers
> for operation other than calibration registers. The vendor code reads the
> value from ths1_2, but uses separate calibration data, so we get two
> different values from real one.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mikhail Kalashnikov <iuncuim at gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/thermal/sun8i_thermal.c | 133 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 133 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/thermal/sun8i_thermal.c b/drivers/thermal/sun8i_thermal.c
> index c4aaff8f7..3b73aafab 100644
> --- a/drivers/thermal/sun8i_thermal.c
> +++ b/drivers/thermal/sun8i_thermal.c
> @@ -59,6 +59,12 @@
>  #define SUN50I_H6_THS_PC_TEMP_PERIOD(x)                ((GENMASK(19, 0) & (x)) << 12)
>  #define SUN50I_H6_THS_DATA_IRQ_STS(x)          BIT(x)
>
> +#define SUN55I_A523_DELIMITER                  0x7c8
> +#define SUN55I_A523_OFFSET_ABOVE               2736
> +#define SUN55I_A523_OFFSET_BELOW               2825
> +#define SUN55I_A523_SCALE_ABOVE                        74
> +#define SUN55I_A523_SCALE_BELOW                        65
> +
>  struct tsensor {
>         struct ths_device               *tmdev;
>         struct thermal_zone_device      *tzd;
> @@ -114,6 +120,15 @@ static int sun50i_h5_calc_temp(struct ths_device *tmdev,
>                 return -1590 * reg / 10 + 276000;
>  }
>
> +static int sun55i_a523_calc_temp(struct ths_device *tmdev,
> +                                int id, int reg)
> +{
> +       if (reg >= SUN55I_A523_DELIMITER)
> +               return SUN55I_A523_SCALE_ABOVE * (SUN55I_A523_OFFSET_ABOVE - reg);
> +       else
> +               return SUN55I_A523_SCALE_BELOW * (SUN55I_A523_OFFSET_BELOW - reg);
> +}
> +
>  static int sun8i_ths_get_temp(struct thermal_zone_device *tz, int *temp)
>  {
>         struct tsensor *s = thermal_zone_device_priv(tz);
> @@ -299,6 +314,97 @@ static int sun50i_h6_ths_calibrate(struct ths_device *tmdev,
>         return 0;
>  }
>
> +/*
> + * The A523 nvmem calibration values. The ths1_3 is not used as it
> + * doesn't have its own sensor and doesn't have any internal switch.
> + * Instead, the value from the ths1_2 sensor is used, which gives the
> + * illusion of an independent sensor for NPU and GPU when using
> + * different calibration values.
> + *
> + * efuse layout 0x38-0x3F (caldata[0..3]):
> + *     caldata[0]      caldata[1]      caldata[2]      caldata[3]
> + * 0               16      24      32  36          48          60 64
> + * +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
> + * |               |       |   temp    |  ths1_0   |  ths1_1   |   +
> + * +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
> + *
> + * efuse layout 0x44-0x4B (caldata[4..7]):
> + *     caldata[4]      caldata[5]      caldata[6]      caldata[7]
> + * 0           12  16      24      32  36          48             64
> + * +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
> + * |  ths1_2   |  ths1_3   |    ths0   |           |               +
> + * +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
> + */
> +static int sun55i_a523_ths_calibrate(struct ths_device *tmdev,
> +                                    u16 *caldata, int callen)
> +{
> +       struct device *dev = tmdev->dev;
> +       int i, ft_temp;
> +
> +       if (!caldata[0])
> +               return -EINVAL;
> +
> +       ft_temp = (((caldata[2] << 8) | (caldata[1] >> 8)) & FT_TEMP_MASK) * 100;
> +
> +       for (i = 0; i < tmdev->chip->sensor_num; i++) {
> +               int sensor_reg, sensor_temp, cdata, offset;
> +               /*
> +                * Chips ths0 and ths1 have common parameters for value
> +                * calibration. To separate them we can use the number of
> +                * temperature sensors on each chip.
> +                * For ths0 this value is 1.
> +                */
> +               if (tmdev->chip->sensor_num == 1) {
> +                       sensor_reg = ((caldata[5] >> 8) | (caldata[6] << 8)) & TEMP_CALIB_MASK;
> +               } else {
> +                       switch (i) {
> +                       case 0:
> +                               sensor_reg = (caldata[2] >> 4) & TEMP_CALIB_MASK;
> +                               break;
> +                       case 1:
> +                               sensor_reg = caldata[3] & TEMP_CALIB_MASK;
> +                               break;
> +                       case 2:
> +                               sensor_reg = caldata[4] & TEMP_CALIB_MASK;
> +                               break;
> +                       default:
> +                               sensor_reg = 0;
> +                               break;
> +                       }
> +               }
> +
> +               sensor_temp = tmdev->chip->calc_temp(tmdev, i, sensor_reg);
> +
> +               /*
> +                * Calibration data is CALIBRATE_DEFAULT - (calculated
> +                * temperature from sensor reading at factory temperature
> +                * minus actual factory temperature) * X (scale from
> +                * temperature to register values)
> +                */
> +               cdata = CALIBRATE_DEFAULT -
> +                       ((sensor_temp - ft_temp) / SUN55I_A523_SCALE_ABOVE);
> +
> +               if (cdata & ~TEMP_CALIB_MASK) {
> +                       /*
> +                        * Calibration value more than 12-bit, but calibration
> +                        * register is 12-bit. In this case, ths hardware can
> +                        * still work without calibration, although the data
> +                        * won't be so accurate.
> +                        */
> +                       dev_warn(dev, "sensor%d is not calibrated.\n", i);
> +                       continue;
> +               }
> +
> +               offset = (i % 2) * 16;
> +               regmap_update_bits(tmdev->regmap,
> +                                  SUN50I_H6_THS_TEMP_CALIB + (i / 2 * 4),
> +                                  TEMP_CALIB_MASK << offset,
> +                                  cdata << offset);
> +       }
> +
> +       return 0;
> +}
> +
>  static int sun8i_ths_calibrate(struct ths_device *tmdev)
>  {
>         struct nvmem_cell *calcell = NULL;
> @@ -722,6 +828,31 @@ static const struct ths_thermal_chip sun50i_h616_ths = {
>         .calc_temp = sun8i_ths_calc_temp,
>  };
>
> +/* The A523 has a shared reset line for both chips */
> +static const struct ths_thermal_chip sun55i_a523_ths0 = {
> +       .sensor_num = 1,
> +       .has_bus_clk_reset = true,
> +       .has_mod_clk = true,
> +       .ft_deviation = 5000,
> +       .temp_data_base = SUN50I_H6_THS_TEMP_DATA,
> +       .calibrate = sun55i_a523_ths_calibrate,
> +       .init = sun50i_h6_thermal_init,
> +       .irq_ack = sun50i_h6_irq_ack,
> +       .calc_temp = sun55i_a523_calc_temp,
> +};
> +
> +static const struct ths_thermal_chip sun55i_a523_ths1 = {
> +       .sensor_num = 3,
> +       .has_bus_clk_reset = true,
> +       .has_mod_clk = true,
> +       .ft_deviation = 5000,
> +       .temp_data_base = SUN50I_H6_THS_TEMP_DATA,
> +       .calibrate = sun55i_a523_ths_calibrate,
> +       .init = sun50i_h6_thermal_init,
> +       .irq_ack = sun50i_h6_irq_ack,
> +       .calc_temp = sun55i_a523_calc_temp,
> +};
> +
>  static const struct of_device_id of_ths_match[] = {
>         { .compatible = "allwinner,sun8i-a83t-ths", .data = &sun8i_a83t_ths },
>         { .compatible = "allwinner,sun8i-h3-ths", .data = &sun8i_h3_ths },
> @@ -732,6 +863,8 @@ static const struct of_device_id of_ths_match[] = {
>         { .compatible = "allwinner,sun50i-h6-ths", .data = &sun50i_h6_ths },
>         { .compatible = "allwinner,sun20i-d1-ths", .data = &sun20i_d1_ths },
>         { .compatible = "allwinner,sun50i-h616-ths", .data = &sun50i_h616_ths },
> +       { .compatible = "allwinner,sun55i-a523-ths0", .data = &sun55i_a523_ths0 },
> +       { .compatible = "allwinner,sun55i-a523-ths1", .data = &sun55i_a523_ths1 },
>         { /* sentinel */ },
>  };
>  MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, of_ths_match);
> --
> 2.54.0
>



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