@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ static LIST_HEAD(thermal_tz_list);
 static LIST_HEAD(thermal_cdev_list);
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(thermal_list_lock);
 
+int (*get_platform_thermal_params)(struct thermal_zone_device *);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_platform_thermal_params);
+
 static int get_idr(struct idr *idr, struct mutex *lock, int *id)
 {
 	int err;

@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ enum thermal_trend {
 	THERMAL_TREND_DROPPING, /* temperature is dropping */
 };
 
+enum thermal_throttle_policy {
+	THERMAL_USER_SPACE,
+	THERMAL_FAIR_SHARE,
+	THERMAL_STEP_WISE,
+};
+
 /* Events supported by Thermal Netlink */
 enum events {
 	THERMAL_AUX0,

@@ -162,6 +168,37 @@ struct thermal_zone_device {
 	struct mutex lock; /* protect thermal_instances list */
 	struct list_head node;
 	struct delayed_work poll_queue;
+	struct thermal_zone_params *tzp;
+};
+
+/* Structure that holds binding parameters for a zone */
+struct thermal_bind_params {
+	struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev;
+
+	/*
+	 * This is a measure of 'how effectively these devices can
+	 * cool 'this' thermal zone. The shall be determined by platform
+	 * characterization. This is on a 'percentage' scale.
+	 * See Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt for more information.
+	 */
+	int weight;
+
+	/*
+	 * This is a bit mask that gives the binding relation between this
+	 * thermal zone and cdev, for a particular trip point.
+	 * See Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt for more information.
+	 */
+	int trip_mask;
+	int (*match) (struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
+			struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev);
+};
+
+/* Structure to define Thermal Zone parameters */
+struct thermal_zone_params {
+	const char *zone_name;
+	enum thermal_throttle_policy throttle_policy;
+	int num_tbps;	/* Number of tbp entries */
+	struct thermal_bind_params *tbp;
 };
 
 struct thermal_genl_event {

@@ -188,6 +225,15 @@ void thermal_cooling_device_unregister(struct thermal_cooling_device *);
 int get_tz_trend(struct thermal_zone_device *, int);
 struct thermal_instance *get_thermal_instance(struct thermal_zone_device *,
 		struct thermal_cooling_device *, int);
+/*
+ * The platform layer shall define a 'function' that provides the
+ * parameters for all thermal zones in the platform. This pointer
+ * should point to that 'function'.
+ *
+ * In thermal_zone_device_register() we update the parameters
+ * for the particular thermal zone.
+ */
+extern int (*get_platform_thermal_params)(struct thermal_zone_device *);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET
 extern int thermal_generate_netlink_event(u32 orig, enum events event);