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Subject[PATCH RFC 02/12] Documentation: thermal docbook: add glossary
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This change introduces a section in the Introduction Chapter to
list concepts used by the Thermal Framework.

Signed-off-by: Eduardo Valentin <edubezval@gmail.com>
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Documentation/DocBook/thermal.tmpl | 129 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 128 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/thermal.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/thermal.tmpl
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devices.
</para>

- </chapter>
+ <sect1 id="glossary">
+ <title>Glossary</title>
+ <para>The Linux Kernel Thermal Framework uses a
+ specific terminology to represent the entities involved
+ in thermal constrained environments. This section
+ summaries the terminology as dictionary. These terms are
+ in use within the present document and in the source
+ code of the Linux Kernel Thermal Framework.
+ </para>
+ <glossary>
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>Thermal Zone</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>Thermal zones represent
+ what is the current status of a
+ thermal constrained zone in the
+ hardware. The zone usually is a
+ device or component. The status
+ of a thermal zone is mainly with
+ respect to temperature.
+ Currently, the Linux Kernel
+ Thermal Framework represents
+ temperature in miliCelsius. The
+ current abstraction covers for
+ non negative temperatures and
+ constraints.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>Thermal Sensors</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>Thermal sensors provide
+ temperature sensing capabilities
+ on thermal zones. Typical
+ devices are I2C ADC converters
+ and bandgaps. These are nodes
+ providing temperature data to
+ thermal zones. Thermal sensor
+ devices may control one or more
+ internal sensors.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>Trips Points</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>The trip node describes a
+ point in the temperature domain
+ in which the system takes an
+ action. This item describes just
+ the point, not the action. Trip
+ points are represented as
+ temperature in miliCelsius. The
+ current abstraction covers for
+ non negative temperatures.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>Thermal Governor</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>Thermal Governors
+ represent a policy to manage the
+ thermal zone device temperature.
+ The governor targets to keep
+ temperature in an acceptable
+ range which correlates to the
+ power budget, while maximizing
+ the performance. Governors can
+ be implemented in Kernel Space
+ or in User Space.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>Thermal Cooling Device</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>Cooling devices provide
+ control on power dissipation.
+ There are essentially two ways
+ to provide control on power
+ dissipation. First is by means
+ of regulating device
+ performance, which is known as
+ passive cooling. A typical
+ passive cooling is a CPU that
+ has dynamic voltage and
+ frequency scaling (DVFS), and
+ uses lower frequencies as
+ cooling states. Second is by
+ means of activating devices in
+ order to remove the dissipated
+ heat, which is known as active
+ cooling, e.g. regulating fan
+ speeds. In both cases, cooling
+ devices shall have a way to
+ determine the state of cooling
+ in which the device is.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>Cooling State</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>Any cooling device has a
+ range of cooling states (i.e.
+ different levels of heat
+ dissipation). For example a
+ fan's cooling states correspond
+ to the different fan speeds
+ possible. Cooling states are
+ referred to by single unsigned
+ integers, where larger numbers
+ mean greater heat dissipation.
+ The precise set of cooling
+ states associated with a device
+ (as referred to be the
+ cooling-min-state and
+ cooling-max-state properties)
+ should be defined in a
+ particular device's binding.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ </glossary>
+ </sect1>
+ </chapter>
</book>
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