Hi Kevin, >-----Original Message----- >From: ext Kevin Hilman [mailto:khil...@ti.com] >Sent: 04 March, 2011 01:25 >To: Paul Walmsley >Cc: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org; linux-arm-ker...@lists.infradead.org; >Kristo Tero (Nokia-MS/Tampere) >Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] OMAP3: cpuidle: prevent CORE power domain from >going to RET or OFF when DSS is on > >Paul Walmsley <p...@pwsan.com> writes: > >> From: Tero Kristo <tero.kri...@nokia.com> >> >> Prevent the CORE power domain from entering RETENTION or OFF when DSS >> is on. Otherwise, the display FIFO(s) may underflow due to the time >> needed for the CORE to wake back up, causing tearing and unnecessary >> interrupts. >> >> Signed-off-by: Tero Kristo <tero.kri...@nokia.com> >> [p...@pwsan.com: wrote commit message] >> Signed-off-by: Paul Walmsley <p...@pwsan.com> > >This isn't quite ready for merge, and needs a little more testing with >current DSS driver and mainline. > >> --- >> arch/arm/mach-omap2/cpuidle34xx.c | 10 ++++++++-- >> 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/cpuidle34xx.c b/arch/arm/mach- >omap2/cpuidle34xx.c >> index 0335cd8..d1b7789 100644 >> --- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/cpuidle34xx.c >> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/cpuidle34xx.c >> @@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ >> * Copyright (C) 2007 Texas Instruments, Inc. >> * Karthik Dasu <karthik...@ti.com> >> * >> - * Copyright (C) 2006 Nokia Corporation >> + * Copyright (C) 2006, 2011 Nokia Corporation >> * Tony Lindgren <t...@atomide.com> >> + * Tero Kristo <tero.kri...@nokia.com> >> * >> * Copyright (C) 2005 Texas Instruments, Inc. >> * Richard Woodruff <r-woodru...@ti.com> >> @@ -268,6 +269,12 @@ static int omap3_enter_idle_bm(struct >cpuidle_device *dev, >> goto select_state; >> } >> >> + /* If DSS is active, prevent CORE RET/OFF */ >> + dss_state = pwrdm_read_pwrst(dss_pd); >> + if (dss_state == PWRDM_POWER_ON && >> + core_next_state != PWRDM_POWER_ON) >> + core_next_state = PWRDM_POWER_INACTIVE; >> + > >Due to sleepdeps/autodeps, when this code runs, DSS powerdomain is >always on. The result is that CORE is always set to INACTIVE.
Now I recall that someone was asking about a patch similar to this earlier, and had the same issue with DSS sleepdep collision. What is the reason for having the sleepdep for DSS powerdomain anyway? At least I can't see any reason why the sleepdep for DSS should be set. In my opinion it should be perfectly okay for DSS domain to idle independently of MPU/CORE, as this is going to be better for power consumption also. > >A side effect of this problem is exposing a known issue with PER wakeups >(UART3, GPIO). Since CORE never goes to retention/off, IO-pad >wakeups are never enabled, so PER wakeups do not work. > >I think we need a different way of checking for DSS activity. > >Sounds like another usecase for idle notifiers. > >Kevin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
