MTK 6589 and MTK 6589T (overclocking possibilities)

I was looking at the mt_cpufreq.c file in the leaked kernel source for the MTK 6589 SoC (the one running at 1.2 GHz), at https://github.com/varunchitre15/MT...atek/platform/mt6589/kernel/core/mt_cpufreq.c
I noticed there were frequency settings above 1209 MHz defined there. The highest one, DVFS_F0_0 goes above 1.7 GHz.

The code that seems to define the maximum frequency starts on line 1573 of that file. It relies on the returned value of PTP_get_ptp_level to define it. Since PTP_get_ptp_level is just a external header on that file, I needed to search the git repo to find its definition. Turns out it is in this file mt_ptp.c. Pay special attention to line 1018 and below: https://github.com/varunchitre15/MT...ek/platform/mt6589/kernel/core/mt_ptp.c#L1018

There's this interesting bit:
By returning 3, this function tells the frequency scaling driver that the CPU can go up to a 1.5 GHz clock.

I think I read the 6589T also has a higher GPU clock, and it can handle 2 GB of RAM with no problems. I'm not saying that the difference between the 6589 and the 6589T is just a kernel config, in fact, the chip most likely got a new revision. This source code leaked before there was any talk of a turbo revision of the 6589, so I think it's safe to assume that on newer code trees there may be fixes for the 2 GB of RAM and a higher GPU clock.

But I wonder, if the 6589 (not T) is able to go up to 1.5 GHz or even 1.7 GHz. It would be good if someone could compile that kernel with some modifications to make it think it will be running on a 6589T (adding a #define MTK_FORCE_CPU_89T should be enough) and see if it works fine. Since that source code came from a Acer model, maybe it would be easier to start tests on that device (because we can be sure the source is 100% compatible). I think it may run, but it may heat a lot or it may drive the voltage of the CPU up to a point where the phone's PCB is not prepared to deliver, causing damage (maybe the T revision chip fixes this).

MT6589 Kernel (Myphone Iceberg)

Here's my compiled kernel

Here is my Complete Kernel Source, maybe someone can compile this to your device, AFAIK, MT65xx platforms are device dependent.
Github Source : https://github.com/Banjo0917/YONIP_MT6589_KERNEL

AbduL_PT said:

Hi,
can someone explain how can i build as "USER" ?

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Include this before make command: TARGET_BUILD_VARIANT=user

It would be really good if someone who can already compile custom kernels for any MT6589 phone, could make that little modification and check the results - worst case scenario, the chip would get too hot and break forever... but since it seems to have a lot of temperature monitoring in place, I don't think that would happen.

I could do it myself, but I'm not going to download 8 GB of Android source, on my limited home connection, just to apply the MT6589 patches available on GitHub, which probably wouldn't work out-of-the-box since they are for a Acer phone and mine's a Zopo 910.
Bothering people at Zopo to do it is out of question, since they are interested in selling the Zopo C2 which comes with this "turbo" kernel config.

As for the GPU clock, on this kernel source there doesn't seem to be anything controlling that based on the MTK_FORCE_CPU_89T define. But this may be just because this is an old source tree - the one they have been distributing for their clients more recently, for the 6589T, may already have the changes for the GPU clock.

The ideal situation would be to have a kernel which can allow all the possible CPU and GPU frequencies, and these would be controlled and limited on the userspace.