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==========================================
ARM CPUs capacity bindings
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1 - Introduction
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ARM systems may be configured to have cpus with different power/performance
characteristics within the same chip. In this case, additional information has
to be made available to the kernel for it to be aware of such differences and
take decisions accordingly.
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2 - CPU capacity definition
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CPU capacity is a number that provides the scheduler information about CPUs
heterogeneity. Such heterogeneity can come from micro-architectural differences
(e.g., ARM big.LITTLE systems) or maximum frequency at which CPUs can run
(e.g., SMP systems with multiple frequency domains). Heterogeneity in this
context is about differing performance characteristics; this binding tries to
capture a first-order approximation of the relative performance of CPUs.
CPU capacities are obtained by running a suitable benchmark. This binding makes
no guarantees on the validity or suitability of any particular benchmark, the
final capacity should, however, be:
* A "single-threaded" or CPU affine benchmark
* Divided by the running frequency of the CPU executing the benchmark
* Not subject to dynamic frequency scaling of the CPU
For the time being we however advise usage of the Dhrystone benchmark. What
above thus becomes:
CPU capacities are obtained by running the Dhrystone benchmark on each CPU at
max frequency (with caches enabled). The obtained DMIPS score is then divided
by the frequency (in MHz) at which the benchmark has been run, so that
DMIPS/MHz are obtained. Such values are then normalized w.r.t. the highest
score obtained in the system.
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3 - capacity-dmips-mhz
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capacity-dmips-mhz is an optional cpu node [1] property: u32 value
representing CPU capacity expressed in normalized DMIPS/MHz. At boot time, the
maximum frequency available to the cpu is then used to calculate the capacity
value internally used by the kernel.
capacity-dmips-mhz property is all-or-nothing: if it is specified for a cpu
node, it has to be specified for every other cpu nodes, or the system will
fall back to the default capacity value for every CPU. If cpufreq is not
available, final capacities are calculated by directly using capacity-dmips-
mhz values (normalized w.r.t. the highest value found while parsing the DT).
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4 - Examples
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Example 1 (ARM 64-bit, 6-cpu system, two clusters):
capacities-dmips-mhz are scaled w.r.t. 1024 (cpu@0 and cpu@1)
supposing cluster0@max-freq=1100 and custer1@max-freq=850,
final capacities are 1024 for cluster0 and 446 for cluster1
cpus {
#address-cells = <2>;
#size-cells = <0>;
cpu-map {
cluster0 {
core0 {
cpu = <&A57_0>;
};
core1 {
cpu = <&A57_1>;
};
};
cluster1 {
core0 {
cpu = <&A53_0>;
};
core1 {
cpu = <&A53_1>;
};
core2 {
cpu = <&A53_2>;
};
core3 {
cpu = <&A53_3>;
};
};
};
idle-states {
entry-method = "arm,psci";
CPU_SLEEP_0: cpu-sleep-0 {
compatible = "arm,idle-state";
arm,psci-suspend-param = <0x0010000>;
local-timer-stop;
entry-latency-us = <100>;
exit-latency-us = <250>;
min-residency-us = <150>;
};
CLUSTER_SLEEP_0: cluster-sleep-0 {
compatible = "arm,idle-state";
arm,psci-suspend-param = <0x1010000>;
local-timer-stop;
entry-latency-us = <800>;
exit-latency-us = <700>;
min-residency-us = <2500>;
};
};
A57_0: cpu@0 {
compatible = "arm,cortex-a57","arm,armv8";
reg = <0x0 0x0>;
device_type = "cpu";
enable-method = "psci";
next-level-cache = <&A57_L2>;
clocks = <&scpi_dvfs 0>;
cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_SLEEP_0 &CLUSTER_SLEEP_0>;
capacity-dmips-mhz = <1024>;
};
A57_1: cpu@1 {
compatible = "arm,cortex-a57","arm,armv8";
reg = <0x0 0x1>;
device_type = "cpu";
enable-method = "psci";
next-level-cache = <&A57_L2>;
clocks = <&scpi_dvfs 0>;
cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_SLEEP_0 &CLUSTER_SLEEP_0>;
capacity-dmips-mhz = <1024>;
};
A53_0: cpu@100 {
compatible = "arm,cortex-a53","arm,armv8";
reg = <0x0 0x100>;
device_type = "cpu";
enable-method = "psci";
next-level-cache = <&A53_L2>;
clocks = <&scpi_dvfs 1>;
cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_SLEEP_0 &CLUSTER_SLEEP_0>;
capacity-dmips-mhz = <578>;
};
A53_1: cpu@101 {
compatible = "arm,cortex-a53","arm,armv8";
reg = <0x0 0x101>;
device_type = "cpu";
enable-method = "psci";
next-level-cache = <&A53_L2>;
clocks = <&scpi_dvfs 1>;
cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_SLEEP_0 &CLUSTER_SLEEP_0>;
capacity-dmips-mhz = <578>;
};
A53_2: cpu@102 {
compatible = "arm,cortex-a53","arm,armv8";
reg = <0x0 0x102>;
device_type = "cpu";
enable-method = "psci";
next-level-cache = <&A53_L2>;
clocks = <&scpi_dvfs 1>;
cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_SLEEP_0 &CLUSTER_SLEEP_0>;
capacity-dmips-mhz = <578>;
};
A53_3: cpu@103 {
compatible = "arm,cortex-a53","arm,armv8";
reg = <0x0 0x103>;
device_type = "cpu";
enable-method = "psci";
next-level-cache = <&A53_L2>;
clocks = <&scpi_dvfs 1>;
cpu-idle-states = <&CPU_SLEEP_0 &CLUSTER_SLEEP_0>;
capacity-dmips-mhz = <578>;
};
A57_L2: l2-cache0 {
compatible = "cache";
};
A53_L2: l2-cache1 {
compatible = "cache";
};
};
Example 2 (ARM 32-bit, 4-cpu system, two clusters,
cpus 0,1@1GHz, cpus 2,3@500MHz):
capacities-dmips-mhz are scaled w.r.t. 2 (cpu@0 and cpu@1), this means that first
cpu@0 and cpu@1 are twice fast than cpu@2 and cpu@3 (at the same frequency)
cpus {
#address-cells = <1>;
#size-cells = <0>;
cpu0: cpu@0 {
device_type = "cpu";
compatible = "arm,cortex-a15";
reg = <0>;
capacity-dmips-mhz = <2>;
};
cpu1: cpu@1 {
device_type = "cpu";
compatible = "arm,cortex-a15";
reg = <1>;
capacity-dmips-mhz = <2>;
};
cpu2: cpu@2 {
device_type = "cpu";
compatible = "arm,cortex-a15";
reg = <0x100>;
capacity-dmips-mhz = <1>;
};
cpu3: cpu@3 {
device_type = "cpu";
compatible = "arm,cortex-a15";
reg = <0x101>;
capacity-dmips-mhz = <1>;
};
};
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5 - References
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[1] ARM Linux Kernel documentation - CPUs bindings
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt
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