The unit of dynamic-power-coefficient is described as mW/MHz/uV^2 whereas
its usage in the code assumes that unit is uW/MHz/V^2
In drivers/thermal/cpu_cooling.c, the code is :
power = (u64)capacitance * freq_mhz * voltage_mv * voltage_mv;
do_div(power,
1000000000);
which can be summarized as :
power (mW) = capacitance * freq_mhz/1000 * (voltage_mv/1000)^2
or
power (mW) = (capacitance * freq_mhz * (voltage_mv/1000)^2) / 1000
then
power (mW) = power (uW) / 1000
so
power (uW) = capacitance * freq_mhz * (voltage_mv/1000)^2
Furthermore, if we test basic values like :
voltage_mv = 1000mV = 1V
freq_mhz = 1000Mhz
The minimum possible power, when dynamic-power-coefficient equals 1, will
be with current unit:
min power = 1 * 1000 * (
1000000)^2 = 10^15 mW
which is not realistic
With the unit used by the code, the min power is
min power = 1 * 1000 * 1^2 = 1000uW = 1mW which is far more realistic
Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Punit Agrawal <punit.agrawal@arm.com>
Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Usage: optional
Value type: <prop-encoded-array>
Definition: A u32 value that represents the running time dynamic
- power coefficient in units of mW/MHz/uV^2. The
+ power coefficient in units of uW/MHz/V^2. The
coefficient can either be calculated from power
measurements or derived by analysis.
Pdyn = dynamic-power-coefficient * V^2 * f
- where voltage is in uV, frequency is in MHz.
+ where voltage is in V, frequency is in MHz.
Example 1 (dual-cluster big.LITTLE system 32-bit):