From: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@bootlin.com>
To: Philipp Rossak <embed3d@gmail.com>
Cc: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@bootlin.com>,
lee.jones@linaro.org, robh+dt@kernel.org, mark.rutland@arm.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 30/30] ARM: sun8i: a83t: full range OPP tables and CPUfreq
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2018 13:42:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180906114241.zuesfnxuoovxiig6@flea> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c76e71bc-6bc5-f73c-2c7a-c9315cf2da31@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 01:39:43PM +0200, Philipp Rossak wrote:
> On 06.09.2018 09:24, Quentin Schulz wrote:
> > Hi Philipp,
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 05:45:18PM +0200, Philipp Rossak wrote:
> > > Since we have now thermal trotteling enabeled we can now add the full
> > > range of the OPP table.
> > >
> > That's not the reason why they were not added.
> >
> > Please see commit 2db639d8c1663d7543c9ab5323383d94c8a76c63[1].
> >
> > Basically, you only want the OPPs which can work below or at the default
> > voltage of the CPU supply, because the CPU supply is specific to each
> > board.
> >
> > If you set your CPU to work at a given frequency and the voltage isn't
> > updated (saying opp-microvolt = <x>; in DT isn't enough, you need
> > cpu-supply to be provided and functional), the CPU might just crash.
> >
> > Without cpu-supply property, underclocking isn't effective in term of
> > thermal cooling or power saving. Overclocking is very, very, very likely
> > to make the CPU crash.
> >
> > It's not a very difficult thing to do to test if a given frequency work
> > well but it needs a specific test environment and it's a lengthy test,
> > you can have a look at those tools here[3] if you like. It's not because
> > it works in a given test case that'll work on the long term under heavy
> > load and constant frequency changes.
> >
> > For A83T, I already did it and the outcome is the patch in [1]. Same for
> > A33.
> >
> > So, if you want to use these three higher OPPs, you need to define them
> > in your board DTS and add the cpu-supply property. See what's done for
> > the A33 and more specifically the Sinlinx SinA33[2] as an example.
> >
> > [1]https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2db639d8c1663d7543c9ab5323383d94c8a76c63
> > [2]https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun8i-a33-sinlinx-sina33.dts
> > [3]http://linux-sunxi.org/Hardware_Reliability_Tests#CPU
> >
> > Quentin
> >
>
> Hey Quentin,
>
> thanks for your feedback!
>
> Sounds like we will never be able to run the A83T on its maximum frequency
> in mainline.
>
> I will do some testing, during the next weeks/months when I have time.
> With the old Allwinner kernel I was able to run the A83T with its maximum
> frequency without any problems since my board is very good cooled.
You definitely can, but I think Quentin's point was to do it on a
per-board basis, not for all of the A83t boards at once.
Maxime
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2018-08-30 15:44 [PATCH v3 00/30] IIO-based thermal sensor driver for Allwinner H3 and A83T SoC Philipp Rossak
2018-08-30 15:44 ` [PATCH v3 01/30] mfd: Makefile: Remove build option for MFD:sun4i-gpadc Philipp Rossak
2018-08-31 8:25 ` Maxime Ripard
2018-09-02 19:58 ` Jonathan Cameron
2018-08-30 15:44 ` [PATCH v3 02/30] mfd: Kconfig: Remove MFD_SUN4I_GPADC config option Philipp Rossak
2018-09-02 19:58 ` Jonathan Cameron
2018-08-30 15:44 ` [PATCH v3 03/30] iio: adc: Remove ID table Philipp Rossak
2018-08-30 15:44 ` [PATCH v3 04/30] iio: adc: Kconfig: Update Kconfig to new build options Philipp Rossak
2018-08-31 8:32 ` Maxime Ripard
2018-08-30 15:44 ` [PATCH v3 05/30] iio: adc: move SUN4I_GPADC_CHANNEL define to header file Philipp Rossak
2018-09-02 20:01 ` Jonathan Cameron
2018-09-03 14:24 ` Philipp Rossak
2018-09-03 17:28 ` Jonathan Cameron
2018-08-30 15:44 ` [PATCH v3 06/30] iio: adc: remove ofnode options Philipp Rossak
2018-08-30 15:44 ` [PATCH v3 07/30] iio: adc: remove mfd_probe & sunwi_irq_init function Philipp Rossak
2018-08-31 8:34 ` Maxime Ripard
2018-08-30 15:44 ` [PATCH v3 08/30] iio: adc: remove hwmon structure Philipp Rossak
2018-08-31 8:34 ` Maxime Ripard
2018-08-30 15:44 ` [PATCH v3 09/30] iio: adc: Threat A33 as thermal sensor and remove non thermal sun4i channel Philipp Rossak
2018-08-30 16:40 ` [linux-sunxi] " Ondřej Jirman
2018-08-31 8:35 ` Maxime Ripard
2018-08-30 15:44 ` [PATCH v3 10/30] iio: adc: rework irq and adc_channel handling Philipp Rossak
2018-08-31 8:44 ` Maxime Ripard
2018-08-30 15:44 ` [PATCH v3 11/30] iio: adc: add new compatibles Philipp Rossak
2018-08-31 8:46 ` Maxime Ripard
2018-08-30 15:45 ` [PATCH v3 12/30] mfd: Remove old mfd driver & Move sun4i-gpadc.h to iio/adc/ Philipp Rossak
2018-08-30 15:45 ` [PATCH v3 13/30] arm: config: Enable SUN4I_GPADC in defconfig Philipp Rossak
2018-08-30 15:45 ` [PATCH v3 14/30] dt-bindings: update the Allwinner GPADC device tree binding for H3 & A83T Philipp Rossak
2018-08-31 8:48 ` Maxime Ripard
2018-09-10 19:44 ` Rob Herring
2018-09-11 9:12 ` Maxime Ripard
2018-08-30 15:45 ` [PATCH v3 15/30] iio: adc: sun4i-gpadc-iio: rename A33-specified registers to contain A33 Philipp Rossak
2018-08-30 15:45 ` [PATCH v3 16/30] iio: adc: sun4i-gpadc-iio: rework: readout temp_data Philipp Rossak
2018-08-31 8:50 ` Maxime Ripard
2018-08-30 15:45 ` [PATCH v3 17/30] iio: adc: sun4i-gpadc-iio: rework: support clocks and reset Philipp Rossak
2018-08-31 9:03 ` Maxime Ripard
2018-08-30 15:45 ` [PATCH v3 18/30] iio: adc: sun4i-gpadc-iio: rework: support multiple sensors Philipp Rossak
2018-08-31 9:05 ` Maxime Ripard
2018-09-02 20:11 ` Jonathan Cameron
2018-09-03 13:58 ` Philipp Rossak
2018-09-03 17:29 ` Jonathan Cameron
2018-08-30 15:45 ` [PATCH v3 19/30] iio: adc: sun4i-gpadc-iio: rework: support nvmem calibration data Philipp Rossak
2018-08-31 9:07 ` Maxime Ripard
2018-08-30 15:45 ` [PATCH v3 20/30] iio: adc: sun4i-gpadc-iio: rework: device specific suspend & resume Philipp Rossak
2018-08-31 9:09 ` Maxime Ripard
2018-08-31 12:05 ` Philipp Rossak
2018-09-03 9:44 ` Maxime Ripard
2018-08-30 15:45 ` [PATCH v3 21/30] iio: adc: sun4i-gpadc-iio: add support for H3 thermal sensor Philipp Rossak
2018-08-30 16:27 ` [linux-sunxi] " Ondřej Jirman
2018-08-30 20:00 ` Philipp Rossak
2018-08-30 20:46 ` Philipp Rossak
2018-08-31 9:11 ` Maxime Ripard
2018-08-31 9:51 ` Icenowy Zheng
2018-08-31 11:58 ` [linux-sunxi] " Philipp Rossak
2018-09-03 10:20 ` Maxime Ripard
2018-09-03 11:01 ` [linux-sunxi] " Icenowy Zheng
2018-09-05 14:58 ` Maxime Ripard
2018-08-31 12:01 ` Philipp Rossak
2018-08-30 15:45 ` [PATCH v3 22/30] iio: adc: sun4i-gpadc-iio: add support for A83T " Philipp Rossak
2018-08-30 15:45 ` [PATCH v3 23/30] ARM: dts: sunxi-h3-h5: add support for the thermal sensor in H3 and H5 Philipp Rossak
2018-08-30 15:45 ` [PATCH v3 24/30] ARM: dts: sun8i: h3: add support for the thermal sensor in H3 Philipp Rossak
2018-08-30 15:45 ` [PATCH v3 25/30] ARM: dts: sun8i: h3: add thermal zone to H3 Philipp Rossak
2018-08-31 9:14 ` Maxime Ripard
2018-08-30 15:45 ` [PATCH v3 26/30] ARM: dts: sun8i: h3: enable H3 sid controller Philipp Rossak
2018-08-30 15:45 ` [PATCH v3 27/30] ARM: dts: sun8i: h3: use calibration for ths Philipp Rossak
2018-09-04 16:46 ` Emmanuel Vadot
2018-09-06 11:47 ` Philipp Rossak
2018-09-06 11:51 ` Maxime Ripard
2018-09-06 12:04 ` [linux-sunxi] " Icenowy Zheng
2018-09-06 12:18 ` Philipp Rossak
2019-02-19 7:54 ` Allwinner SID THS calibration data cell representation? Chen-Yu Tsai
2019-02-20 14:55 ` Maxime Ripard
2019-02-21 10:10 ` Emmanuel Vadot
2019-02-25 20:37 ` Philipp Rossak
2018-08-30 15:45 ` [PATCH v3 28/30] ARM: dts: sun8i: a83t: add support for the thermal sensor in A83T Philipp Rossak
2018-08-30 15:45 ` [PATCH v3 29/30] ARM: dts: sun8i: a83t: add thermal zone to A83T Philipp Rossak
2018-08-30 15:45 ` [PATCH v3 30/30] ARM: sun8i: a83t: full range OPP tables and CPUfreq Philipp Rossak
2018-08-30 16:38 ` [linux-sunxi] " Ondřej Jirman
2018-08-30 20:29 ` Philipp Rossak
2018-09-06 7:24 ` Quentin Schulz
2018-09-06 11:39 ` Philipp Rossak
2018-09-06 11:42 ` Maxime Ripard [this message]
2018-09-06 12:06 ` Quentin Schulz
2019-03-19 12:30 ` [PATCH v3 00/30] IIO-based thermal sensor driver for Allwinner H3 and A83T SoC Måns Rullgård
2019-03-19 12:37 ` Maxime Ripard
2019-03-19 13:04 ` [linux-sunxi] " Chen-Yu Tsai
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