[PATCH RFC v2 2/2] Documentation: arm: define DT C-states bindings

Antti P Miettinen ananaza at iki.fi
Sat Jan 25 03:15:46 EST 2014


From: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi at arm.com>
Subject: [PATCH RFC v2 2/2] Documentation: arm: define DT C-states bindings
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 17:47:59 +0000
> +	- latency
> +		Usage: Required
> +		Value type: <prop-encoded-array>
> +		Definition: List of u32 values representing worst case latency
> +			    in microseconds required to enter and exit the
> +			    C-state, one value per OPP [2]. The list should
> +			    be specified in the same order as the operating
> +			    points property list of the cpu this state is
> +			    valid on.
> +			    If no OPP bindings are present, the latency value
> +			    is associated with the current OPP of CPUs in the
> +			    system.

I'm afraid the CPU OPP is not enough to capture the variance in
latencies. Especially memory frequency affects some of the latencies
very stronly.

	--Antti



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