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index b3a5356f99..239480ef7c 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpu/idle-states.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpu/idle-states.yaml
@@ -243,7 +243,64 @@ description: |+
just supports idle_standby, an idle-states node is not required.
===========================================
- 6 - References
+ 6 - Qualcomm specific 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.
+
+ ===========================================
+ 7 - References
===========================================
[1] ARM Linux Kernel documentation - CPUs bindings
@@ -301,9 +358,16 @@ patternProperties:
properties:
compatible:
- enum:
- - arm,idle-state
- - riscv,idle-state
+ oneOf:
+ - items:
+ - enum:
+ - qcom,idle-state-ret
+ - qcom,idle-state-spc
+ - qcom,idle-state-pc
+ - const: arm,idle-state
+ - enum:
+ - arm,idle-state
+ - riscv,idle-state
arm,psci-suspend-param:
$ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
@@ -852,4 +916,13 @@ examples:
};
};
+ // Example 4 - Qualcomm SPC
+ idle-states {
+ cpu_spc: cpu-spc {
+ compatible = "qcom,idle-state-spc", "arm,idle-state";
+ entry-latency-us = <150>;
+ exit-latency-us = <200>;
+ min-residency-us = <2000>;
+ };
+ };
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