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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-07-11 23:26:08 +0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-07-11 23:26:08 +0400
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Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rzhang/linux
Pull thermal management updates from Zhang Rui: "There are not too many changes this time, except two new platform thermal drivers, ti-soc-thermal driver and x86_pkg_temp_thermal driver, and a couple of small fixes. Highlights: - move the ti-soc-thermal driver out of the staging tree to the thermal tree. - introduce the x86_pkg_temp_thermal driver. This driver registers CPU digital temperature package level sensor as a thermal zone. - small fixes/cleanups including removing redundant use of platform_set_drvdata() and of_match_ptr for all platform thermal drivers" * 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rzhang/linux: (34 commits) thermal: cpu_cooling: fix stub function thermal: ti-soc-thermal: use standard GPIO DT bindings thermal: MAINTAINERS: Add git tree path for SoC specific updates thermal: fix x86_pkg_temp_thermal.c build and Kconfig Thermal: Documentation for x86 package temperature thermal driver Thermal: CPU Package temperature thermal thermal: consider emul_temperature while computing trend thermal: ti-soc-thermal: add DT example for DRA752 chip thermal: ti-soc-thermal: add dra752 chip to device table thermal: ti-soc-thermal: add thermal data for DRA752 chips thermal: ti-soc-thermal: remove usage of IS_ERR_OR_NULL thermal: ti-soc-thermal: freeze FSM while computing trend thermal: ti-soc-thermal: remove external heat while extrapolating hotspot thermal: ti-soc-thermal: update DT reference for OMAP5430 x86, mcheck, therm_throt: Process package thresholds thermal: cpu_cooling: fix 'descend' check in get_property() Thermal: spear: Remove redundant use of of_match_ptr Thermal: kirkwood: Remove redundant use of of_match_ptr Thermal: dove: Remove redundant use of of_match_ptr Thermal: armada: Remove redundant use of of_match_ptr ...
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+Kernel driver: x86_pkg_temp_thermal
+===================
+
+Supported chips:
+* x86: with package level thermal management
+(Verify using: CPUID.06H:EAX[bit 6] =1)
+
+Authors: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com>
+
+Reference
+---
+Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual (Jan, 2013):
+Chapter 14.6: PACKAGE LEVEL THERMAL MANAGEMENT
+
+Description
+---------
+
+This driver register CPU digital temperature package level sensor as a thermal
+zone with maximum two user mode configurable trip points. Number of trip points
+depends on the capability of the package. Once the trip point is violated,
+user mode can receive notification via thermal notification mechanism and can
+take any action to control temperature.
+
+
+Threshold management
+--------------------
+Each package will register as a thermal zone under /sys/class/thermal.
+Example:
+/sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone1
+
+This contains two trip points:
+- trip_point_0_temp
+- trip_point_1_temp
+
+User can set any temperature between 0 to TJ-Max temperature. Temperature units
+are in milli-degree Celsius. Refer to "Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt" for
+thermal sys-fs details.
+
+Any value other than 0 in these trip points, can trigger thermal notifications.
+Setting 0, stops sending thermal notifications.
+
+Thermal notifications: To get kobject-uevent notifications, set the thermal zone
+policy to "user_space". For example: echo -n "user_space" > policy
+
+
+
+