On 16/08/16 11:02, Vincent Guittot wrote: > On 19 July 2016 at 14:40, Juri Lelli <[email protected]> wrote: > > ARM systems may be configured to have cpus with different power/performance > > characteristics within the same chip. In this case, additional information > > has to be made available to the kernel (the scheduler in particular) for it > > to be aware of such differences and take decisions accordingly. > > > > Therefore, this patch aims at standardizing cpu capacities device tree > > bindings for ARM platforms. Bindings define cpu capacity-dmips-mhz > > parameter, to allow operating systems to retrieve such information from > > the device tree and initialize related kernel structures, paving the way > > for common code in the kernel to deal with heterogeneity. > >
[...] > > FWIW, Acked-by Vincent Guittot <[email protected]> > Thanks! Best, - Juri
