[PATCH 0/5] RISC-V: RPMI performance service bindings and cpufreq support

[Joshua Yeong]

On Thursday, January 8, 2026 1:27 PM, Rahul Pathak <rahul at summations.net> wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 2:51 PM Joshua Yeong <joshua.yeong at starfivetech.com> wrote:
> >
> > This patch series introduces support for the RISC-V RPMI (RISC-V 
> > Platform Management Interface) performance service, covering both 
> > Device Tree bindings and a corresponding cpufreq driver.
> >
> > The first part of the series adds YAML bindings to describe the RPMI 
> > performance service as provided by platform firmware, as well as the 
> > supervisor-level controller interface exposed to the operating system. 
> > The bindings also document how CPU nodes reference performance domains managed by RPMI.
> >
> > The final patch builds on these definitions by introducing a cpufreq 
> > driver that leverages the RPMI performance service to manage CPU 
> > frequency scaling on RISC-V systems. The driver supports RPMI access 
> > through SBI-based transport mechanisms as well as dedicated supervisor-mode transports.
> >
> > RPMI specification reference [1] and [2]
> >
> > Test Environment is as follows:
> > https://github.com/yeongjoshua/linux/tree/v6.19-rc4/rpmi-performance
> > https://github.com/riscv-software-src/opensbi
> > https://github.com/yeongjoshua/qemu/tree/rpmi-dev-upstream
> >
> > Use '-M virt -M rpmi=true' when running qemu
> >
> > [1] https://github.com/riscv-non-isa/riscv-sbi-doc/releases
> > [2] https://github.com/riscv-non-isa/riscv-rpmi/releases
> >
> > Joshua Yeong (5):
> >   dt-bindings: firmware: Add RPMI performance service message proxy
> >     bindings
> >   dt-bindings: firmware: Add RPMI performance service bindings
> >   dt-bindings: riscv: cpus: document performance-domains property
> >   cpufreq: Add cpufreq driver for the RISC-V RPMI performance service
> >     group
> >   MAINTAINERS: Add RISC-V RPMI performance service group
>
>
> Hi Joshua,
>
> I have a general question -  RPMI performance service group is primarily defined for devices but can also be used for CPUs.
> Do you plan to add a RPMI devfreq driver too for devices?
>
> Thanks
> Rahul

Hi Rahul,

My side is yet to test performance service group with devfreq but should have no problem like you mentioned.
I will have a look after the other RPMI service group upstreamed on my side.

Thanks