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diff --git a/Documentation/thermal/cpu-cooling-api.txt b/Documentation/thermal/cpu-cooling-api.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..753e47cc2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/thermal/cpu-cooling-api.txt @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +CPU cooling APIs How To +=================================== + +Written by Amit Daniel Kachhap <amit.kachhap@linaro.org> + +Updated: 6 Jan 2015 + +Copyright (c) 2012 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd(http://www.samsung.com) + +0. Introduction + +The generic cpu cooling(freq clipping) provides registration/unregistration APIs +to the caller. The binding of the cooling devices to the trip point is left for +the user. The registration APIs returns the cooling device pointer. + +1. cpu cooling APIs + +1.1 cpufreq registration/unregistration APIs +1.1.1 struct thermal_cooling_device *cpufreq_cooling_register( + struct cpumask *clip_cpus) + + This interface function registers the cpufreq cooling device with the name + "thermal-cpufreq-%x". This api can support multiple instances of cpufreq + cooling devices. + + clip_cpus: cpumask of cpus where the frequency constraints will happen. + +1.1.2 struct thermal_cooling_device *of_cpufreq_cooling_register( + struct device_node *np, const struct cpumask *clip_cpus) + + This interface function registers the cpufreq cooling device with + the name "thermal-cpufreq-%x" linking it with a device tree node, in + order to bind it via the thermal DT code. This api can support multiple + instances of cpufreq cooling devices. + + np: pointer to the cooling device device tree node + clip_cpus: cpumask of cpus where the frequency constraints will happen. + +1.1.3 void cpufreq_cooling_unregister(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev) + + This interface function unregisters the "thermal-cpufreq-%x" cooling device. + + cdev: Cooling device pointer which has to be unregistered. |