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    PM / OPP: Add new bindings to address shortcomings of existing bindings · b901b518
    Viresh Kumar authored
    Current OPP (Operating performance point) device tree bindings have been
    insufficient due to the inflexible nature of the original bindings. Over
    time, we have realized that Operating Performance Point definitions and
    usage is varied depending on the SoC and a "single size (just frequency,
    voltage) fits all" model which the original bindings attempted and
    failed.
    
    The proposed next generation of the bindings addresses by providing a
    expandable binding for OPPs and introduces the following common
    shortcomings seen with the original bindings:
    
    - Getting clock/voltage/current rails sharing information between CPUs.
      Shared by all cores vs independent clock per core vs shared clock per
      cluster.
    
    - Support for specifying current levels along with voltages.
    
    - Support for multiple regulators.
    
    - Support for turbo modes.
    
    - Other per OPP settings: transition latencies, disabled status, etc.?
    
    - Expandability of OPPs in future.
    
    This patch introduces new bindings "operating-points-v2" to get these problems
    solved. Refer to the bindings for more details.
    
    We now have multiple versions of OPP binding and only one of them should
    be used per device.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarViresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarRob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarStephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>
    Acked-by: default avatarNishanth Menon <nm@ti.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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