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- S3C24XX CPUfreq support
- =======================
- Introduction
- ------------
- The S3C24XX series support a number of power saving systems, such as
- the ability to change the core, memory and peripheral operating
- frequencies. The core control is exported via the CPUFreq driver
- which has a number of different manual or automatic controls over the
- rate the core is running at.
- There are two forms of the driver depending on the specific CPU and
- how the clocks are arranged. The first implementation used as single
- PLL to feed the ARM, memory and peripherals via a series of dividers
- and muxes and this is the implementation that is documented here. A
- newer version where there is a separate PLL and clock divider for the
- ARM core is available as a separate driver.
- Layout
- ------
- The code core manages the CPU specific drivers, any data that they
- need to register and the interface to the generic drivers/cpufreq
- system. Each CPU registers a driver to control the PLL, clock dividers
- and anything else associated with it. Any board that wants to use this
- framework needs to supply at least basic details of what is required.
- The core registers with drivers/cpufreq at init time if all the data
- necessary has been supplied.
- CPU support
- -----------
- The support for each CPU depends on the facilities provided by the
- SoC and the driver as each device has different PLL and clock chains
- associated with it.
- Slow Mode
- ---------
- The SLOW mode where the PLL is turned off altogether and the
- system is fed by the external crystal input is currently not
- supported.
- sysfs
- -----
- The core code exports extra information via sysfs in the directory
- devices/system/cpu/cpu0/arch-freq.
- Board Support
- -------------
- Each board that wants to use the cpufreq code must register some basic
- information with the core driver to provide information about what the
- board requires and any restrictions being placed on it.
- The board needs to supply information about whether it needs the IO bank
- timings changing, any maximum frequency limits and information about the
- SDRAM refresh rate.
- Document Author
- ---------------
- Ben Dooks, Copyright 2009 Simtec Electronics
- Licensed under GPLv2
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