Re: [PATCH v4 0/1] i2c: mediatek: add runtime PM operations and bus regulator control

Hi Angelo,

Thank you for your suggestions regarding the autosuspend delay.

We understand the importance of balancing power efficiency and
responsiveness. Given the diversity of I2C devices connected
under each platform, it is indeed challenging to estimate an
appropriate delay time for testing.

Therefore, we would like to proceed with your initial suggestion
and set the autosuspend delay to 250ms. Based on our preliminary
tests, this adjustment appears to be a practical solution across 
our existing platforms.

Thank you.

Best regards,
Zoie


On Thu, 2025-02-13 at 12:57 +0100, AngeloGioacchino Del Regno wrote:

Turning on and off regulators at start of transfer and end of
transfer respectively
is very expensive and, while it makes sense for power efficiency of
the controller,
it doesn't make sense for:

  1. Responsiveness (latency); and
  2. Platform power efficiency at a whole.

As a start, just set the autosuspend delay to 250ms; this gives you
at least time
to bring up clocks and regulators and usually finish a transfer at
400KHz, giving
you the chance to also get some more requests before autosuspend
decides to, well,
auto..suspend the device.

The right way of choosing an autosuspend delay a bit more precisely,
though, for
this device, would be to check the bus speed and calculate the
autosuspend time
accordingly.

Cheers,
Angelo