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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] dt-binding: arm/cpus.txt: fix dynamic-power-coefficient unit
On 29-08-18, 09:08, Vincent Guittot wrote:
> The unit of dynamic-power-coefficient is described as mW/MHz/uV^2 whereas
> its usage in the code assumes that unit is uW/MHz/V^2
>
> In drivers/thermal/cpu_cooling.c, the code is :
>
> power = (u64)capacitance * freq_mhz * voltage_mv * voltage_mv;
> do_div(power, 1000000000);
>
> which can be summarized as :
> power (mW) = capacitance * freq_mhz/1000 * (voltage_mv/1000)^2
> or
> power (mW) = (capacitance * freq_mhz * (voltage_mv/1000)^2) / 1000
> then
> power (mW) = power (uW) / 1000
> so
> power (uW) = capacitance * freq_mhz * (voltage_mv/1000)^2
>
> Furthermore, if we test basic values like :
> voltage_mv = 1000mV = 1V
> freq_mhz = 1000Mhz
>
> The minimum possible power, when dynamic-power-coefficient equals 1, will
> be with current unit:
> min power = 1 * 1000 * (1000000)^2 = 10^15 mW
> which is not realistic
>
> With the unit used by the code, the min power is
> min power = 1 * 1000 * 1^2 = 1000uW = 1mW which is far more realistic
>
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
> ---
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>

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viresh

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