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Date:   Sun, 5 Apr 2020 20:05:10 +0200
From:   Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>
To:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] i2c: imc: Add support for Intel iMC SMBus host
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On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 01:49:34PM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 23, 2020 at 2:52 PM Stefan Schaeckeler <schaecsn@gmx.net> wro=
te:
> >
> > This patch is based on Andy Lutomirski's iMC SMBus driver patch-set
> > https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/4/28/926. It never made it into the kernel. =
I hope
> > this rewrite will:
> >
> >
> > Overview
> >
> > Modern Intel memory controllers host an SMBus controller and connection=
 to
> > DIMMs and their thermal sensors. The memory controller firmware has thr=
ee modes
> > of operation: Closed Loop Thermal Throttling (CLTT), Open Loop Thermal
> > Throttling (OLTT) and none.
> >
> > - CLTT: The memory controller firmware is periodically accessing the DI=
MM
> >   temperature sensor over the SMBus.
> >
>=20
>=20
> I think this is great!  One question, though: what happens if the
> system is in CLTT mode but you disable CLTT and claim the bus for too
> long?  For example, if there's an infinite loop or other lockup which
> you have the tsod polling interval set to 0?  Does the system catch
> fire or does the system do something intelligent like temporarily
> switching to open loop?

Any news on this question?


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