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    cpufreq: Select schedutil when using big.LITTLE · 8fdcca8e
    Linus Walleij authored
    When we are using a system with big.LITTLE HMP
    configuration, we need to use EAS to schedule the
    system.
    
    As can be seen from kernel/sched/topology.c:
    
     "EAS can be used on a root domain if it meets all the following conditions:
      1. an Energy Model (EM) is available;
      2. the SD_ASYM_CPUCAPACITY flag is set in the sched_domain hierarchy.
      3. no SMT is detected.
      4. the EM complexity is low enough to keep scheduling overheads low;
      5. schedutil is driving the frequency of all CPUs of the rd;"
    
    This means that at the very least, schedutil needs to be
    available as a scheduling policy for EAS to work on these
    systems. Make this explicit by defaulting to the schedutil
    governor if BIG_LITTLE is selected.
    
    Currently users of the TC2 board (like me) has to figure these
    dependencies out themselves and it is not helpful.
    Suggested-by: default avatarArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
    Acked-by: default avatarSudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarViresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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