Documentation: EM: Add artificial EM registration description
Add description about new artificial EM registration and use cases. Update also the documentation with the new .get_cost() callback description and usage. Signed-off-by: Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Ionela Voinescu <ionela.voinescu@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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@ -123,6 +123,26 @@ allows a platform to register EM power values which are reflecting total power
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(static + dynamic). These power values might be coming directly from
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experiments and measurements.
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Registration of 'artificial' EM
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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There is an option to provide a custom callback for drivers missing detailed
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knowledge about power value for each performance state. The callback
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.get_cost() is optional and provides the 'cost' values used by the EAS.
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This is useful for platforms that only provide information on relative
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efficiency between CPU types, where one could use the information to
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create an abstract power model. But even an abstract power model can
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sometimes be hard to fit in, given the input power value size restrictions.
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The .get_cost() allows to provide the 'cost' values which reflect the
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efficiency of the CPUs. This would allow to provide EAS information which
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has different relation than what would be forced by the EM internal
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formulas calculating 'cost' values. To register an EM for such platform, the
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driver must set the flag 'milliwatts' to 0, provide .get_power() callback
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and provide .get_cost() callback. The EM framework would handle such platform
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properly during registration. A flag EM_PERF_DOMAIN_ARTIFICIAL is set for such
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platform. Special care should be taken by other frameworks which are using EM
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to test and treat this flag properly.
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Registration of 'simple' EM
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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