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1 | .TH CPUPOWER "1" "07/03/2011" "" "cpupower Manual" |
2 | .SH NAME | |
3 | cpupower \- Shows and sets processor power related values | |
4 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
5 | .ft B | |
498ca793 | 6 | .B cpupower [ \-c cpulist ] <command> [ARGS] |
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8 | .B cpupower \-v|\-\-version | |
9 | ||
10 | .B cpupower \-h|\-\-help | |
11 | ||
12 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
13 | \fBcpupower \fP is a collection of tools to examine and tune power saving | |
14 | related features of your processor. | |
15 | ||
498ca793 | 16 | The manpages of the commands (cpupower\-<command>(1)) provide detailed |
7fe2f639 | 17 | descriptions of supported features. Run \fBcpupower help\fP to get an overview |
498ca793 | 18 | of supported commands. |
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19 | |
20 | .SH Options | |
21 | .PP | |
22 | \-\-help, \-h | |
23 | .RS 4 | |
498ca793 | 24 | Shows supported commands and general usage. |
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25 | .RE |
26 | .PP | |
27 | \-\-cpu cpulist, \-c cpulist | |
28 | .RS 4 | |
29 | Only show or set values for specific cores. | |
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30 | This option is not supported by all commands, details can be found in the |
31 | manpages of the commands. | |
7fe2f639 | 32 | |
498ca793 | 33 | Some commands access all cores (typically the *\-set commands), some only |
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34 | the first core (typically the *\-info commands) by default. |
35 | ||
36 | The syntax for <cpulist> is based on how the kernel exports CPU bitmasks via | |
37 | sysfs files. Some examples: | |
38 | .RS 4 | |
39 | .TP 16 | |
40 | Input | |
41 | Equivalent to | |
42 | .TP | |
43 | all | |
44 | all cores | |
45 | .TP | |
46 | 0\-3 | |
47 | 0,1,2,3 | |
48 | .TP | |
49 | 0\-7:2 | |
50 | 0,2,4,6 | |
51 | .TP | |
52 | 1,3,5-7 | |
53 | 1,3,5,6,7 | |
54 | .TP | |
55 | 0\-3:2,8\-15:4 | |
56 | 0,2,8,12 | |
57 | .RE | |
58 | .RE | |
59 | .PP | |
60 | \-\-version, \-v | |
61 | .RS 4 | |
62 | Print the package name and version number. | |
63 | ||
64 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
65 | cpupower-set(1), cpupower-info(1), cpupower-idle(1), | |
66 | cpupower-frequency-set(1), cpupower-frequency-info(1), cpupower-monitor(1), | |
67 | powertop(1) | |
68 | .PP | |
69 | .SH AUTHORS | |
70 | .nf | |
71 | \-\-perf\-bias parts written by Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | |
72 | Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de> |