// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
/*
* CPPC (Collaborative Processor Performance Control) methods used by CPUfreq drivers.
*
* (C) Copyright 2014, 2015 Linaro Ltd.
* Author: Ashwin Chaugule <ashwin.chaugule@linaro.org>
*
* CPPC describes a few methods for controlling CPU performance using
* information from a per CPU table called CPC. This table is described in
* the ACPI v5.0+ specification. The table consists of a list of
* registers which may be memory mapped or hardware registers and also may
* include some static integer values.
*
* CPU performance is on an abstract continuous scale as against a discretized
* P-state scale which is tied to CPU frequency only. In brief, the basic
* operation involves:
*
* - OS makes a CPU performance request. (Can provide min and max bounds)
*
* - Platform (such as BMC) is free to optimize request within requested bounds
* depending on power/thermal budgets etc.
*
* - Platform conveys its decision back to OS
*
* The communication between OS and platform occurs through another medium
* called (PCC) Platform Communication Channel. This is a generic mailbox like
* mechanism which includes doorbell semantics
