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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] thermal: cooling: Check Energy Model type in cpufreq_cooling and devfreq_cooling
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Hi Daniel,

gentle ping

On 2/17/22 18:18, Lukasz Luba wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
>
>
> On 2/7/22 7:30 AM, Lukasz Luba wrote:
>> The Energy Model supports power values either in Watts or in some
>> abstract
>> scale. When the 2nd option is in use, the thermal governor IPA should not
>> be allowed to operate, since the relation between cooling devices is not
>> properly defined. Thus, it might be possible that big GPU has lower power
>> values in abstract scale than a Little CPU. To mitigate a misbehaviour
>> of the thermal control algorithm, simply not register a cooling device
>> capable of working with IPA.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@arm.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/thermal/cpufreq_cooling.c |  2 +-
>>   drivers/thermal/devfreq_cooling.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
>>   2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> The discussion in below this patch went slightly off-topic but it was
> valuable. It clarified also there are no broken platforms with this
> change.
>
> Could you take the patch into the thermal tree, please?
>
> Regards,
> Lukasz

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