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diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/Kconfig b/drivers/devfreq/Kconfig new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..1fb42de4f420 --- /dev/null +++ b/drivers/devfreq/Kconfig @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +config ARCH_HAS_DEVFREQ + bool + depends on ARCH_HAS_OPP + help + Denotes that the architecture supports DEVFREQ. If the architecture + supports multiple OPP entries per device and the frequency of the + devices with OPPs may be altered dynamically, the architecture + supports DEVFREQ. + +menuconfig PM_DEVFREQ + bool "Generic Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS) support" + depends on PM_OPP && ARCH_HAS_DEVFREQ + help + With OPP support, a device may have a list of frequencies and + voltages available. DEVFREQ, a generic DVFS framework can be + registered for a device with OPP support in order to let the + governor provided to DEVFREQ choose an operating frequency + based on the OPP's list and the policy given with DEVFREQ. + + Each device may have its own governor and policy. DEVFREQ can + reevaluate the device state periodically and/or based on the + OPP list changes (each frequency/voltage pair in OPP may be + disabled or enabled). + + Like some CPUs with CPUFREQ, a device may have multiple clocks. + However, because the clock frequencies of a single device are + determined by the single device's state, an instance of DEVFREQ + is attached to a single device and returns a "representative" + clock frequency from the OPP of the device, which is also attached + to a device by 1-to-1. The device registering DEVFREQ takes the + responsiblity to "interpret" the frequency listed in OPP and + to set its every clock accordingly with the "target" callback + given to DEVFREQ. + +if PM_DEVFREQ + +comment "DEVFREQ Drivers" + +endif # PM_DEVFREQ |