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diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/msm/qcom,idle-state.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/msm/qcom,idle-state.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..06df04cc8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/msm/qcom,idle-state.txt @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +QCOM Idle States for cpuidle driver + +ARM provides idle-state node to define the cpuidle states, as defined in [1]. +cpuidle-qcom is the cpuidle driver for Qualcomm SoCs and uses these idle +states. Idle states have different enter/exit latency and residency values. +The idle states supported by the QCOM SoC are defined as - + + * Standby + * Retention + * Standalone Power Collapse (Standalone PC or SPC) + * Power Collapse (PC) + +Standby: Standby does a little more in addition to architectural clock gating. +When the WFI instruction is executed the ARM core would gate its internal +clocks. In addition to gating the clocks, QCOM cpus use this instruction as a +trigger to execute the SPM state machine. The SPM state machine waits for the +interrupt to trigger the core back in to active. This triggers the cache +hierarchy to enter standby states, when all cpus are idle. An interrupt brings +the SPM state machine out of its wait, the next step is to ensure that the +cache hierarchy is also out of standby, and then the cpu is allowed to resume +execution. This state is defined as a generic ARM WFI state by the ARM cpuidle +driver and is not defined in the DT. The SPM state machine should be +configured to execute this state by default and after executing every other +state below. + +Retention: Retention is a low power state where the core is clock gated and +the memory and the registers associated with the core are retained. The +voltage may be reduced to the minimum value needed to keep the processor +registers active. The SPM should be configured to execute the retention +sequence and would wait for interrupt, before restoring the cpu to execution +state. Retention may have a slightly higher latency than Standby. + +Standalone PC: A cpu can power down and warmboot if there is a sufficient time +between the time it enters idle and the next known wake up. SPC mode is used +to indicate a core entering a power down state without consulting any other +cpu or the system resources. This helps save power only on that core. The SPM +sequence for this idle state is programmed to power down the supply to the +core, wait for the interrupt, restore power to the core, and ensure the +system state including cache hierarchy is ready before allowing core to +resume. Applying power and resetting the core causes the core to warmboot +back into Elevation Level (EL) which trampolines the control back to the +kernel. Entering a power down state for the cpu, needs to be done by trapping +into a EL. Failing to do so, would result in a crash enforced by the warm boot +code in the EL for the SoC. On SoCs with write-back L1 cache, the cache has to +be flushed in s/w, before powering down the core. + +Power Collapse: This state is similar to the SPC mode, but distinguishes +itself in that the cpu acknowledges and permits the SoC to enter deeper sleep +modes. In a hierarchical power domain SoC, this means L2 and other caches can +be flushed, system bus, clocks - lowered, and SoC main XO clock gated and +voltages reduced, provided all cpus enter this state. Since the span of low +power modes possible at this state is vast, the exit latency and the residency +of this low power mode would be considered high even though at a cpu level, +this essentially is cpu power down. The SPM in this state also may handshake +with the Resource power manager (RPM) processor in the SoC to indicate a +complete application processor subsystem shut down. + +The idle-state for QCOM SoCs are distinguished by the compatible property of +the idle-states device node. + +The devicetree representation of the idle state should be - + +Required properties: + +- compatible: Must be one of - + "qcom,idle-state-ret", + "qcom,idle-state-spc", + "qcom,idle-state-pc", + and "arm,idle-state". + +Other required and optional properties are specified in [1]. + +Example: + + idle-states { + CPU_SPC: spc { + compatible = "qcom,idle-state-spc", "arm,idle-state"; + entry-latency-us = <150>; + exit-latency-us = <200>; + min-residency-us = <2000>; + }; + }; + +[1]. Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/idle-states.txt |