Re: [PATCH v7 1/8] interconnect: Add generic on-chip interconnect API

From: Evan Green
Date: Fri Aug 03 2018 - 19:00:12 EST


On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 9:13 AM Georgi Djakov <georgi.djakov@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This patch introduces a new API to get requirements and configure the
> interconnect buses across the entire chipset to fit with the current
> demand.
>
> The API is using a consumer/provider-based model, where the providers are
> the interconnect buses and the consumers could be various drivers.
> The consumers request interconnect resources (path) between endpoints and
> set the desired constraints on this data flow path. The providers receive
> requests from consumers and aggregate these requests for all master-slave
> pairs on that path. Then the providers configure each participating in the
> topology node according to the requested data flow path, physical links and
> constraints. The topology could be complicated and multi-tiered and is SoC
> specific.
>
> Signed-off-by: Georgi Djakov <georgi.djakov@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/interconnect/interconnect.rst | 96 ++++
> drivers/Kconfig | 2 +
> drivers/Makefile | 1 +
> drivers/interconnect/Kconfig | 10 +
> drivers/interconnect/Makefile | 2 +
> drivers/interconnect/core.c | 569 ++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/interconnect-provider.h | 125 +++++
> include/linux/interconnect.h | 42 ++
> 8 files changed, 847 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/interconnect/interconnect.rst
> create mode 100644 drivers/interconnect/Kconfig
> create mode 100644 drivers/interconnect/Makefile
> create mode 100644 drivers/interconnect/core.c
> create mode 100644 include/linux/interconnect-provider.h
> create mode 100644 include/linux/interconnect.h
>

Thanks Georgi. This looks great!

Reviewed-by: Evan Green <evgreen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>