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From: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To: Keerthy <j-keerthy@ti.com>
Cc: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	khilman@ti.com, rjw@sisk.pl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-pm@lists.linux-foundation.org, j-pihet@ti.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 00/10] PM: Create the AVS(Adaptive Voltage Scaling)
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:11:59 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120426191159.GA9415@sirena.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1335462041-4949-1-git-send-email-j-keerthy@ti.com>

On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 11:10:31PM +0530, Keerthy wrote:
> From: J Keerthy <j-keerthy@ti.com>
> 
> AVS(Adaptive Voltage Scaling) is a power management technique which
> controls the operating voltage of a device in order to optimize (i.e. reduce)
> its power consumption. The voltage is adapted depending on static factors
> (chip manufacturing process) and dynamic factors (temperature
> depending performance).
> The TI AVS solution is named Smartreflex. 

What's the relationship between this and existing things like devfreq
and cpufreq?  It'd be better if the changelogs made this clear and
provided an overview of how all these different subsystems are intended
to fit together.

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To: Keerthy <j-keerthy@ti.com>
Cc: khilman@ti.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-pm@lists.linux-foundation.org, linux-omap@vger.kernel.org,
	j-pihet@ti.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 00/10] PM: Create the AVS(Adaptive Voltage Scaling)
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:11:59 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120426191159.GA9415@sirena.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1335462041-4949-1-git-send-email-j-keerthy@ti.com>

On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 11:10:31PM +0530, Keerthy wrote:
> From: J Keerthy <j-keerthy@ti.com>
> 
> AVS(Adaptive Voltage Scaling) is a power management technique which
> controls the operating voltage of a device in order to optimize (i.e. reduce)
> its power consumption. The voltage is adapted depending on static factors
> (chip manufacturing process) and dynamic factors (temperature
> depending performance).
> The TI AVS solution is named Smartreflex. 

What's the relationship between this and existing things like devfreq
and cpufreq?  It'd be better if the changelogs made this clear and
provided an overview of how all these different subsystems are intended
to fit together.

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com (Mark Brown)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH V3 00/10] PM: Create the AVS(Adaptive Voltage Scaling)
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:11:59 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120426191159.GA9415@sirena.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1335462041-4949-1-git-send-email-j-keerthy@ti.com>

On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 11:10:31PM +0530, Keerthy wrote:
> From: J Keerthy <j-keerthy@ti.com>
> 
> AVS(Adaptive Voltage Scaling) is a power management technique which
> controls the operating voltage of a device in order to optimize (i.e. reduce)
> its power consumption. The voltage is adapted depending on static factors
> (chip manufacturing process) and dynamic factors (temperature
> depending performance).
> The TI AVS solution is named Smartreflex. 

What's the relationship between this and existing things like devfreq
and cpufreq?  It'd be better if the changelogs made this clear and
provided an overview of how all these different subsystems are intended
to fit together.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-04-26 19:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 144+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-04-26 17:40 [PATCH V3 00/10] PM: Create the AVS(Adaptive Voltage Scaling) Keerthy
2012-04-26 17:40 ` Keerthy
2012-04-26 17:40 ` Keerthy
2012-04-26 17:40 ` [PATCH V3 01/10] ARM: OMAP2+: SmartReflex: move the smartreflex header to include/linux/power Keerthy
2012-04-26 17:40   ` Keerthy
2012-04-26 17:40   ` Keerthy
2012-04-26 17:40 ` [PATCH V3 02/10] ARM: OMAP3+: SmartReflex: class drivers should use struct omap_sr * Keerthy
2012-04-26 17:40   ` Keerthy
2012-04-26 17:40   ` Keerthy
2012-04-26 17:40 ` [PATCH V3 03/10] ARM: OMAP2+: smartreflex: Use the names from hwmod data instead of voltage domains Keerthy
2012-04-26 17:40   ` Keerthy
2012-04-26 17:40   ` Keerthy
2012-04-26 17:40 ` [PATCH V3 04/10] ARM: OMAP3: hwmod: rename the smartreflex entries Keerthy
2012-04-26 17:40   ` Keerthy
2012-04-26 17:40   ` Keerthy
2012-05-04  8:30   ` AnilKumar, Chimata
2012-05-04  8:30     ` AnilKumar, Chimata
2012-05-04  8:30     ` AnilKumar, Chimata
2012-05-04 10:11     ` J, KEERTHY
2012-05-04 10:11       ` J, KEERTHY
2012-05-04 10:11       ` J, KEERTHY
2012-05-07 23:39       ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-07 23:39         ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-07 23:39         ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-07 23:55         ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-07 23:55           ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-07 23:55           ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-08  3:44           ` J, KEERTHY
2012-05-08  3:44             ` J, KEERTHY
2012-05-08  3:44             ` J, KEERTHY
2012-04-26 17:40 ` [PATCH V3 05/10] ARM: OMAP2+: SmartReflex: introduce a busy loop condition test macro Keerthy
2012-04-26 17:40   ` Keerthy
2012-04-26 17:40   ` Keerthy
2012-05-04  9:12   ` AnilKumar, Chimata
2012-05-04  9:12     ` AnilKumar, Chimata
2012-05-04  9:12     ` AnilKumar, Chimata
2012-05-07  5:21     ` J, KEERTHY
2012-05-07  5:21       ` J, KEERTHY
2012-05-07  5:21       ` J, KEERTHY
2012-05-08 10:17       ` AnilKumar, Chimata
2012-05-08 10:17         ` AnilKumar, Chimata
2012-05-08 10:17         ` AnilKumar, Chimata
2012-05-10  6:19         ` J, KEERTHY
2012-05-10  6:19           ` J, KEERTHY
2012-05-10  6:19           ` J, KEERTHY
2012-04-26 17:40 ` [PATCH V3 06/10] ARM: OMAP2+: Voltage: Move the omap_volt_data structure to plat Keerthy
2012-04-26 17:40   ` Keerthy
2012-04-26 17:40   ` Keerthy
2012-04-26 17:40 ` [PATCH V3 07/10] ARM: OMAP2+: SmartReflex: Use per-OPP data structure Keerthy
2012-04-26 17:40   ` Keerthy
2012-04-26 17:40   ` Keerthy
2012-05-10 19:11   ` Guyotte, Greg
2012-05-10 19:11     ` Guyotte, Greg
2012-05-10 19:11     ` Guyotte, Greg
2012-05-11  3:51     ` J, KEERTHY
2012-05-11  3:51       ` J, KEERTHY
2012-05-11  3:51       ` J, KEERTHY
2012-04-26 17:40 ` [PATCH V3 08/10] ARM: OMAP2+: SmartReflex: Create per-opp debugfs node for errminlimit Keerthy
2012-04-26 17:40   ` Keerthy
2012-04-26 17:40   ` Keerthy
2012-04-26 17:40 ` [PATCH V3 09/10] ARM: OMAP2+: SmartReflex: add POWER_AVS Kconfig options Keerthy
2012-04-26 17:40   ` Keerthy
2012-04-26 17:40   ` Keerthy
2012-04-26 17:40 ` [PATCH V3 10/10] ARM: OMAP: SmartReflex: Move smartreflex driver to drivers/ Keerthy
2012-04-26 17:40   ` Keerthy
2012-04-26 17:40   ` Keerthy
2012-04-26 19:11 ` Mark Brown [this message]
2012-04-26 19:11   ` [PATCH V3 00/10] PM: Create the AVS(Adaptive Voltage Scaling) Mark Brown
2012-04-26 19:11   ` Mark Brown
2012-04-27  5:39   ` J, KEERTHY
2012-04-27  5:39     ` J, KEERTHY
2012-04-27 17:56     ` Mark Brown
2012-04-27 17:56       ` Mark Brown
2012-04-27 17:56       ` Mark Brown
2012-04-27 21:01       ` Kevin Hilman
2012-04-27 21:01         ` Kevin Hilman
2012-04-27 21:01         ` Kevin Hilman
2012-04-30  4:25         ` J, KEERTHY
2012-04-30  4:25           ` J, KEERTHY
2012-04-30  4:25           ` J, KEERTHY
2012-04-30  9:54         ` Mark Brown
2012-04-30  9:54           ` Mark Brown
2012-04-30  9:54           ` Mark Brown
2012-04-30 21:51           ` Kevin Hilman
2012-04-30 21:51             ` Kevin Hilman
2012-04-30 21:51             ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-02  5:04             ` J, KEERTHY
2012-05-02  5:04               ` J, KEERTHY
2012-05-02  5:04               ` J, KEERTHY
2012-05-04  5:05               ` J, KEERTHY
2012-05-04  5:05                 ` J, KEERTHY
2012-05-04  5:05                 ` J, KEERTHY
2012-05-04  8:21         ` AnilKumar, Chimata
2012-05-04  8:21           ` AnilKumar, Chimata
2012-05-04  8:21           ` AnilKumar, Chimata
2012-05-07 23:48           ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-07 23:48             ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-07 23:48             ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-08  3:48             ` J, KEERTHY
2012-05-08  3:48               ` J, KEERTHY
2012-05-08  3:48               ` J, KEERTHY
2012-05-08 10:17             ` AnilKumar, Chimata
2012-05-08 10:17               ` AnilKumar, Chimata
2012-05-08 10:17               ` AnilKumar, Chimata
2012-05-08 20:38               ` Woodruff, Richard
2012-05-08 20:38                 ` Woodruff, Richard
2012-05-08 20:38                 ` Woodruff, Richard
2012-05-08 22:16                 ` [linux-pm] " Kevin Hilman
2012-05-08 22:16                   ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-08 22:16                   ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-09  0:39                   ` Woodruff, Richard
2012-05-09  0:39                     ` Woodruff, Richard
2012-05-09  0:39                     ` Woodruff, Richard
2012-05-09  8:19                     ` [linux-pm] " Koen Kooi
2012-05-09  8:19                       ` Koen Kooi
2012-05-09  8:19                       ` Koen Kooi
2012-05-09 18:29                     ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-09 18:29                       ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-09 18:29                       ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-23 13:27                       ` Menon, Nishanth
2012-05-23 13:27                         ` Menon, Nishanth
2012-05-23 13:27                         ` Menon, Nishanth
2012-05-24 23:16                         ` [linux-pm] " Kevin Hilman
2012-05-24 23:16                           ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-24 23:16                           ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-07 23:51 ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-07 23:51   ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-07 23:51   ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-15  5:46   ` J, KEERTHY
2012-05-15  5:46     ` J, KEERTHY
2012-05-15  5:46     ` J, KEERTHY
2012-05-23  4:51     ` J, KEERTHY
2012-05-23  4:51       ` J, KEERTHY
2012-05-24 17:24       ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-24 17:24         ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-24 17:24         ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-31 22:40         ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-31 22:40           ` Kevin Hilman
2012-05-31 22:40           ` Kevin Hilman
2012-06-01  3:45           ` J, KEERTHY
2012-06-01  3:45             ` J, KEERTHY
2012-04-26 18:05 Keerthy
2012-04-26 18:05 ` Keerthy
2012-04-26 18:05 ` Keerthy

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