+ Viresh for help. > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezc...@linaro.org> > Sent: 2019年5月10日 15:17 > To: Andy Tang <andy.t...@nxp.com>; Shawn Guo <shawn...@kernel.org> > Cc: Leo Li <leoyang...@nxp.com>; robh...@kernel.org; > mark.rutl...@arm.com; linux-arm-ker...@lists.infradead.org; > devicet...@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; > linux...@vger.kernel.org; rui.zh...@intel.com; edubez...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v6] arm64: dts: ls1088a: add one more thermal > zone node > > Caution: EXT Email > > On 10/05/2019 05:40, Andy Tang wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Shawn Guo <shawn...@kernel.org> > >> Sent: 2019年5月10日 11:14 > >> To: Andy Tang <andy.t...@nxp.com> > >> Cc: Leo Li <leoyang...@nxp.com>; robh...@kernel.org; > >> mark.rutl...@arm.com; linux-arm-ker...@lists.infradead.org; > >> devicet...@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; > >> linux...@vger.kernel.org; daniel.lezc...@linaro.org; > >> rui.zh...@intel.com; edubez...@gmail.com > >> Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v6] arm64: dts: ls1088a: add one more > >> thermal zone node > >> > >> Caution: EXT Email > >> > >> On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 10:25:07AM +0800, Yuantian Tang wrote: > >>> Ls1088a has 2 thermal sensors, core cluster and SoC platform. Core > >>> cluster sensor is used to monitor the temperature of core and SoC > >>> platform is for platform. The current dts only support the first sensor. > >>> This patch adds the second sensor node to dts to enable it. > >>> > >>> Signed-off-by: Yuantian Tang <andy.t...@nxp.com> > >>> --- > >>> v6: > >>> - add cooling device map to cpu0-7 in platform node. > > I like to explain a little. I think it makes sense that multiple thermal > > zone > map to same cooling device. > > In this way, no matter which thermal zone raises a temp alarm, it can call > cooling device to chill out. > > I also asked cpufreq maintainer about the cooling map issue, he think it > would be fine. > > I have tested and no issue found. > > > > Daniel, what's your thought? > > If there are multiple thermal zones, they will be managed by different > instances of a thermal governor. Each instances will act on the shared cooling > device and will collide in their decisions: > > - If the sensors are closed, their behavior will be similar regarding the > temperature. The governors may take the same decision for the cooling > device. But in such case having just one thermal zone managed is enough. > > - If the sensors are not closed, their behavior will be different regarding > the > temperature. The governors will take different decision regarding the cooling > device (one will decrease the freq, other will increase the freq). > > As the thermal governors are not able to manage several thermal zones and > there is one cooling device (the cpu cooling device), this setup won't work as > expected IMO. > > The setup making sense is having a thermal zone per 'cluster' and a cooling > device per 'cluster'. That means the platform has one clock line per > 'cluster'. > The thermal management happens in a self-contained thermal zone (one > cooling device - one governor - one thermal zone). > > In the case of HMP, other combinations are possible to be optimal. Hi Viresh,
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