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

From Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH V4 1/9] PM / OPP: Allow OPP table to be used for power-domains
Date 2017-04-18 18:10 +0200
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On 17/04/17 06:33, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> 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.
> 

Was it posted externally ? Was there any objections for that approach ?
IMO that's better approach but if I am late to the party, I would like
to read through the discussions that happened on it(if any)

-- 
Regards,
Sudeep

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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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