Commit ffef61d6 authored by Kory Maincent (Dent Project)'s avatar Kory Maincent (Dent Project) Committed by Jakub Kicinski
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net: pse-pd: Add support for budget evaluation strategies



This patch introduces the ability to configure the PSE PI budget evaluation
strategies. Budget evaluation strategies is utilized by PSE controllers to
determine which ports to turn off first in scenarios such as power budget
exceedance.

The pis_prio_max value is used to define the maximum priority level
supported by the controller. Both the current priority and the maximum
priority are exposed to the user through the pse_ethtool_get_status call.

This patch add support for two mode of budget evaluation strategies.
1. Static Method:

   This method involves distributing power based on PD classification.
   It’s straightforward and stable, the PSE core keeping track of the
   budget and subtracting the power requested by each PD’s class.

   Advantages: Every PD gets its promised power at any time, which
   guarantees reliability.

   Disadvantages: PD classification steps are large, meaning devices
   request much more power than they actually need. As a result, the power
   supply may only operate at, say, 50% capacity, which is inefficient and
   wastes money.

   Priority max value is matching the number of PSE PIs within the PSE.

2. Dynamic Method:

   To address the inefficiencies of the static method, vendors like
   Microchip have introduced dynamic power budgeting, as seen in the
   PD692x0 firmware. This method monitors the current consumption per port
   and subtracts it from the available power budget. When the budget is
   exceeded, lower-priority ports are shut down.

   Advantages: This method optimizes resource utilization, saving costs.

   Disadvantages: Low-priority devices may experience instability.

   Priority max value is set by the PSE controller driver.

For now, budget evaluation methods are not configurable and cannot be
mixed. They are hardcoded in the PSE driver itself, as no current PSE
controller supports both methods.

Signed-off-by: default avatarKory Maincent (Dent Project) <kory.maincent@bootlin.com>
Acked-by: default avatarOleksij Rempel <o.rempel@pengutronix.de>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250617-feature_poe_port_prio-v14-7-78a1a645e2ee@bootlin.com


Signed-off-by: default avatarJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
parent c394e757
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