[PATCH 2/3] cpufreq: pmac64: re-estimate G5 cpufreq transition latency

Aaro Koskinen aaro.koskinen at iki.fi
Wed Jul 24 20:18:32 EST 2013


Hi,

On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 11:04:50AM +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> On 24 July 2013 01:54, Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen at iki.fi> wrote:
> > The patch also enables to use ondemand governor on the latter.
> 
> How? I can't see anything obvious here. :(

It replaces CPUFREQ_ETERNAL with a proper value on older PowerMacs.
ondemand does not accept CPUFREQ_ETERNAL transition latency.

A.

> 
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen at iki.fi>
> > ---
> >  drivers/cpufreq/pmac64-cpufreq.c | 5 ++---
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/pmac64-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/pmac64-cpufreq.c
> > index 674807d..f9e399b 100644
> > --- a/drivers/cpufreq/pmac64-cpufreq.c
> > +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/pmac64-cpufreq.c
> > @@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ static int (*g5_query_freq)(void);
> >
> >  static DEFINE_MUTEX(g5_switch_mutex);
> >
> > -static unsigned long transition_latency;
> > +/* A conservative estimate, based on Xserve G5 and iMac G5 (iSight). */
> > +static const unsigned long transition_latency = 10 * NSEC_PER_MSEC;
> >
> >  #ifdef CONFIG_PMAC_SMU
> >
> > @@ -499,7 +500,6 @@ static int __init g5_neo2_cpufreq_init(struct device_node *cpus)
> >         g5_cpu_freqs[1].frequency = max_freq/2;
> >
> >         /* Set callbacks */
> > -       transition_latency = 12000;
> >         g5_switch_freq = g5_scom_switch_freq;
> >         g5_query_freq = g5_scom_query_freq;
> >         freq_method = "SCOM";
> > @@ -675,7 +675,6 @@ static int __init g5_pm72_cpufreq_init(struct device_node *cpus)
> >         g5_cpu_freqs[1].frequency = min_freq;
> >
> >         /* Set callbacks */
> > -       transition_latency = CPUFREQ_ETERNAL;
> >         g5_switch_volt = g5_pfunc_switch_volt;
> >         g5_switch_freq = g5_pfunc_switch_freq;
> >         g5_query_freq = g5_pfunc_query_freq;
> > --
> > 1.8.3.2
> >


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