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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 0/3] interconnect: Support Samsung Exynos use-case
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Hi Artur,

I'm concerned about that make it the separate series
without use-case like exynos-bus, exynos-drm.
If this series is applied to v5.6, it doesn't make
the problem and the patches for exynos-bus/exynos-drm
will be reviewed and then merged on later kernel version.

But, if not, the interconnect, exynos-bus and exynos-drm
patches should be merged into the same kernel version,
it must require the immutable branch among interconnect,
devfreq and exynos-drm. I think that you need to consider
it between different subsystems.

Regards,
Chanwoo Choi

On 1/16/20 11:41 PM, Artur Świgoń wrote:
> Previously posted as a part of a larger RFC: [1].
>
> The Exynos SoC family relies on the devfreq driver for frequency
> scaling. However, a way to programmatically enforce QoS contraints
> (i.e., minimum frequency) is desired. A solution which uses the
> interconnect framework to ensure QoS is currently being developed[1].
>
> The exynos-bus hierarchy is composed of multiple buses which are probed
> separately. Sometimes the DMC is even handled by a different driver.
> Since the exynos-bus driver is generic and supports multiple differing
> bus hierarchies, IDs for nodes (i.e. buses) are assigned dynamically. Due
> to the unspecified relative probing order, every bus registers its own
> interconnect provider.
>
> Rationale for each patch in this series:
> * Patch 01 (exporting of_icc_get_from_provider()) makes it easy to
> retrieve the parent node from the DT (cf. patch 05 in [1]).
> * Patch 02 (allowing #interconnect-cells = <0>) allows to remove dummy
> node IDs from the DT.
> * Patch 03 (allowing inter-provider node pairs) is necessary to make
> such multi-provider hierarchy work. A new approach implemented in v3
> ensures not to break any existing drivers.
>
> ---
> Changes since v3 (to patches in this series):
> * Improve commit messages.
>
> ---
> Artur Świgoń
> Samsung R&D Institute Poland
> Samsung Electronics
>
> ---
> References:
> [1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11305287/
>
> Artur Świgoń (3):
> interconnect: Export of_icc_get_from_provider()
> interconnect: Relax requirement in of_icc_get_from_provider()
> interconnect: Allow inter-provider pairs to be configured
>
> drivers/interconnect/core.c | 16 ++++++++--------
> include/linux/interconnect-provider.h | 8 ++++++++
> 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>


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Best Regards,
Chanwoo Choi
Samsung Electronics

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