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Re: [PATCH V4 1/9] PM / OPP: Allow OPP table to be used for power-domains

From Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH V4 1/9] PM / OPP: Allow OPP table to be used for power-domains
Date 2017-04-17 07:40 +0200
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On 13-04-17, 14:43, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> Interesting. My understand of power domain and in particular power
> domain performance was that it would control both. The abstract number
> you introduce would hide clocks and regulators.
> 
> But if the concept treats it just as yet another regulator, we do we
> need these at all. Why don't we relate this performance to regulator
> values and be done with it ?
> 
> Sorry if I am missing to understand something here. I would look this as
> replacement for both clocks and regulators, something similar to ACPI
> CPPC. If not, it looks unnecessary to me with the information I have got
> so far.

I kind of answered that in the other email.

Some background may be good here. So Qcom tried to solve all this with virtual
regulators, but the problem was that they need to talk in terms of integer
values (1, 2, 3..) and not voltages and so they can't use the regulator
framework straight away. And so we are doing all this.

-- 
viresh

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Re: [PATCH V4 1/9] PM / OPP: Allow OPP table to be used for  power-domains Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com> - 2017-04-12 19:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH V4 1/9] PM / OPP: Allow OPP table to be used for  power-domains Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> - 2017-04-13 08:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH V4 1/9] PM / OPP: Allow OPP table to be used for  power-domains Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com> - 2017-04-13 15:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH V4 1/9] PM / OPP: Allow OPP table to be used for  power-domains Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> - 2017-04-17 07:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCH V4 1/9] PM / OPP: Allow OPP table to be used for  power-domains Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com> - 2017-04-18 18:10 +0200
          Re: [PATCH V4 1/9] PM / OPP: Allow OPP table to be used for  power-domains Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> - 2017-04-19 12:20 +0200

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