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1 | Intel P-state driver |
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3 | ||
4 | This driver implements a scaling driver with an internal governor for | |
5 | Intel Core processors. The driver follows the same model as the | |
6 | Transmeta scaling driver (longrun.c) and implements the setpolicy() | |
7 | instead of target(). Scaling drivers that implement setpolicy() are | |
8 | assumed to implement internal governors by the cpufreq core. All the | |
9 | logic for selecting the current P state is contained within the | |
10 | driver; no external governor is used by the cpufreq core. | |
11 | ||
12 | Intel SandyBridge+ processors are supported. | |
13 | ||
14 | New sysfs files for controlling P state selection have been added to | |
15 | /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/ | |
16 | ||
17 | max_perf_pct: limits the maximum P state that will be requested by | |
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18 | the driver stated as a percentage of the available performance. The |
19 | available (P states) performance may be reduced by the no_turbo | |
20 | setting described below. | |
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22 | min_perf_pct: limits the minimum P state that will be requested by | |
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23 | the driver stated as a percentage of the max (non-turbo) |
24 | performance level. | |
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25 | |
26 | no_turbo: limits the driver to selecting P states below the turbo | |
27 | frequency range. | |
28 | ||
29 | For contemporary Intel processors, the frequency is controlled by the | |
30 | processor itself and the P-states exposed to software are related to | |
31 | performance levels. The idea that frequency can be set to a single | |
32 | frequency is fiction for Intel Core processors. Even if the scaling | |
33 | driver selects a single P state the actual frequency the processor | |
34 | will run at is selected by the processor itself. | |
35 | ||
36 | New debugfs files have also been added to /sys/kernel/debug/pstate_snb/ | |
37 | ||
38 | deadband | |
39 | d_gain_pct | |
40 | i_gain_pct | |
41 | p_gain_pct | |
42 | sample_rate_ms | |
43 | setpoint |