I'm delighted to announce that the Linaro Technical Steering Committee
has approved the release of the big.LITTLE in-kernel switcher (IKS) code
to the public.
So here it is:
Branch big.LITTLE-IKS-snapshot of
git://git.linaro.org/landing-teams/working/arm/kernel.git
Although this is a snapshot of our latest IKS code, it still needs some
minor tidying before it is submitted upstream. So please consider the
above as a temporary branch for people to look and play with, and not a
branch that we'll keep stable and maintain.
This code was also developed for and tested on the VExpress TC2
development platform. An MCPM backend and possibly a special cpufreq
clock driver are required for this code to be usable on other platforms.
The switcher concept is discussed here:
http://lwn.net/Articles/481055/
Porting documentation is available here:
https://wiki.linaro.org/projects/big.LITTLE.MP/Big.Little.Switcher/Docs/por…
The switcher code description is available here (slightly out of date):
https://wiki.linaro.org/projects/big.LITTLE.MP/Big.Little.Switcher/Docs/in-…
And a review of the MCPM layer upon which IKS and HMP rely:
http://lwn.net/Articles/539082/
The core MCPM patches are queued for inclusion into the v3.10 mainline
kernel. The MCPM backend for TC2 and the IKS patches will tentatively
be submitted for v3.11.
Nicolas
== Linus Walleij linusw ==
=== Highlights ===
* Sent a pull request to Torvalds for the v3.10 pinctrl
bundle. Sent another request for two fixes on top of it.
All pulled into mainline.
* The GPIO tree exploded and will be held back for this
merge window. Root-causing with Grant so as to make
sure it won't happen again. (Cross-tree dependencies
caused this. Partly my fault.)
* Started to apply DMA40 patches from Lee on a specific
DMA40 branch targeted for ARM SoC. Awaiting some
ACKs and complaining as I go along.
* Started to queue Ux500 device tree patches on another
branch.
* Iterated U300 DT patches and sent a multiplatform series
on top of it. Will round it off with a series moving the clocks
to the DT as a final step.
=== Plans ===
* On vacation until 9/5 i.e. I'm off this coming week.
(Will be watching the merge window for any major disasters.)
* Stack fixes for the -rc series.
* Finalize U300 patch set.
* Finalize Integrator PCI patch set, then start to delete
board files and convert to multiplatform.
* Convert Nomadik pinctrl driver to register GPIO ranges
from the gpiochip side.
* Test the PL08x patches on the Ericsson Research
PB11MPCore and submit platform data for using
pl08x DMA on that platform.
* Get hands dirty with regmap.
=== Issues ===
* N/A
Thanks,
Linus Walleij
=== Highlights ===
* Reworked a good chunk of the volatile range patch set, addressing
issues from lsf-mm, and making required interface changes. Sent patches
to Minchan for review.
* Reviewed tglx's clocksource unregister patches
* Pinged Keith Packard on his blog post related to userland sync w/ X to
see if there was much overlap with Android sync.
* Discussed Android/entropy security issue w/ Ted Tso
* Reviewed Zoran's patchset prior to it going to lkml
* Reviewed blueprints and sent out weekly mail summary
* Helped with 13.05 Engineering Update
* Worked on LPC Android minisummit planning
* Synced with Mathieu on keyreset planning
=== Plans ===
* Address remapping issue in volatile ranges patchset
* Unify volatile range purging logic in volatile ranges patchset
* Send volatile ranges to lkml
* More LPC minisummit planning
* Hopefully a chance for ION research
=== Issues ===
* NA
Hi Rafael,
I know I am late for this merge window and you have already closed the gates :)
If you can still take them, its good, otherwise we will push this for v3.10-rc2.
These are minor fixes for ARM big LITTLE cpufreq driver. It doesn't impact any
other driver or cpufreq core and are fairly independent.
Viresh Kumar (5):
cpufreq: ARM big LITTLE: Select PM_OPP
cpufreq: ARM big LITTLE DT: Return correct transition latency
cpufreq: ARM big LITTLE DT: Return CPUFREQ_ETERNAL if clock-latency
isn't found
cpufreq: ARM big LITTLE: Move cpu_to_cluster() to arm_big_little.h
cpufreq: ARM big LITTLE: Improve print message
drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.arm | 1 +
drivers/cpufreq/arm_big_little.c | 7 +------
drivers/cpufreq/arm_big_little.h | 5 +++++
drivers/cpufreq/arm_big_little_dt.c | 9 +++++----
4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
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1.7.12.rc2.18.g61b472e
I just saw your pull request and so these should go in rc2 now.
These are fixes for cpufreq core and common governor part. They mostly impact
systems which have set have_governor_per_policy to true. i.e. big LITTLE cpufreq
driver.
Viresh Kumar (2):
cpufreq: governors: Fix CPUFREQ_GOV_POLICY_{INIT|EXIT} notifiers
cpufreq: Issue CPUFREQ_GOV_POLICY_EXIT notifier before dropping
policy refcount
drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 6 +++---
drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c | 11 +++++++----
drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
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1.7.12.rc2.18.g61b472e