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diff --git a/kernel/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal.txt b/kernel/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal.txt
index 29fe0bfae..41b817f7b 100644
--- a/kernel/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal.txt
+++ b/kernel/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal.txt
@@ -55,19 +55,11 @@ of heat dissipation). For example a fan's cooling states correspond to
the different fan speeds possible. Cooling states are referred to by
single unsigned integers, where larger numbers mean greater heat
dissipation. The precise set of cooling states associated with a device
-(as referred to be the cooling-min-state and cooling-max-state
+(as referred to by the cooling-min-level and cooling-max-level
properties) should be defined in a particular device's binding.
For more examples of cooling devices, refer to the example sections below.
Required properties:
-- cooling-min-state: An integer indicating the smallest
- Type: unsigned cooling state accepted. Typically 0.
- Size: one cell
-
-- cooling-max-state: An integer indicating the largest
- Type: unsigned cooling state accepted.
- Size: one cell
-
- #cooling-cells: Used to provide cooling device specific information
Type: unsigned while referring to it. Must be at least 2, in order
Size: one cell to specify minimum and maximum cooling state used
@@ -77,6 +69,15 @@ Required properties:
See Cooling device maps section below for more details
on how consumers refer to cooling devices.
+Optional properties:
+- cooling-min-level: An integer indicating the smallest
+ Type: unsigned cooling state accepted. Typically 0.
+ Size: one cell
+
+- cooling-max-level: An integer indicating the largest
+ Type: unsigned cooling state accepted.
+ Size: one cell
+
* Trip points
The trip node is a node to describe a point in the temperature domain
@@ -167,6 +168,13 @@ Optional property:
by means of sensor ID. Additional coefficients are
interpreted as constant offset.
+- sustainable-power: An estimate of the sustainable power (in mW) that the
+ Type: unsigned thermal zone can dissipate at the desired
+ Size: one cell control temperature. For reference, the
+ sustainable power of a 4'' phone is typically
+ 2000mW, while on a 10'' tablet is around
+ 4500mW.
+
Note: The delay properties are bound to the maximum dT/dt (temperature
derivative over time) in two situations for a thermal zone:
(i) - when passive cooling is activated (polling-delay-passive); and
@@ -218,8 +226,8 @@ cpus {
396000 950000
198000 850000
>;
- cooling-min-state = <0>;
- cooling-max-state = <3>;
+ cooling-min-level = <0>;
+ cooling-max-level = <3>;
#cooling-cells = <2>; /* min followed by max */
};
...
@@ -233,8 +241,8 @@ cpus {
*/
fan0: fan@0x48 {
...
- cooling-min-state = <0>;
- cooling-max-state = <9>;
+ cooling-min-level = <0>;
+ cooling-max-level = <9>;
#cooling-cells = <2>; /* min followed by max */
};
};
@@ -546,6 +554,8 @@ thermal-zones {
*/
coefficients = <1200 -345 890>;
+ sustainable-power = <2500>;
+
trips {
/* Trips are based on resulting linear equation */
cpu_trip: cpu-trip {