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ARM Trusted Firmware Cluster Power Down Duration

Hi,

I'm working on a system which is built from two cluster, each includes two cores Cortex-A72

I have a dedicated CPU (Cortex-M3) which is used for power management functionality, and receives the wake up events for power down cores.

The trigger is defined by each core wake up timer - which means each core before power down configures the wake up timer to generate wake up interrupt.

Linux device tree defines two levels of idles state

CPU Idle state - power down core

Cluster Idle state - power down cluster

My Question is for Cluster Power Down

Core  A enters idle, PSCI coordination defines CPU power down (since CPU B is active), the core execute power down sequence - set the wake up timer to 200usec

Core  B enters idle, PSCI coordination defines Cluster power down (since CPU A is already down), the core execute Cluster power down - wake up timer is set to 2000usec

Core A wakes up after 200usec has passed, since Cluster was power down it will power up the Cluster

How do I overcome this issue?

Thanks

Oren

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