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| author | Mark Pearson <markpearson@lenovo.com> | 2020-12-30 03:18:25 +0300 |
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| committer | Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> | 2020-12-30 20:28:57 +0300 |
| commit | 8e0cbf356377fabac47a027dd176cd1cacc5fc01 (patch) | |
| tree | 25ccc3b5f41e82ed9a8d226c1c7642bb98743f75 /Documentation/ABI | |
| parent | 5c8fe583cce542aa0b84adc939ce85293de36e5e (diff) | |
| download | linux-8e0cbf356377fabac47a027dd176cd1cacc5fc01.tar.xz | |
Documentation: Add documentation for new platform_profile sysfs attribute
On modern systems the platform performance, temperature, fan and other
hardware related characteristics are often dynamically configurable. The
profile is often automatically adjusted to the load by some
automatic-mechanism (which may very well live outside the kernel).
These auto platform-adjustment mechanisms often can be configured with
one of several 'platform-profiles', with either a bias towards low-power
consumption or towards performance (and higher power consumption and
thermals).
Introduce a new platform_profile sysfs API which offers a generic API for
selecting the performance-profile of these automatic-mechanisms.
Co-developed-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mark Pearson <markpearson@lenovo.com>
Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform_profile b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform_profile new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..9d6b89b66cca --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform_profile @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +What: /sys/firmware/acpi/platform_profile_choices +Date: October 2020 +Contact: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> +Description: This file contains a space-separated list of profiles supported for this device. + + Drivers must use the following standard profile-names: + + ============ ============================================ + low-power Low power consumption + cool Cooler operation + quiet Quieter operation + balanced Balance between low power consumption and performance + performance High performance operation + ============ ============================================ + + Userspace may expect drivers to offer more than one of these + standard profile names. + +What: /sys/firmware/acpi/platform_profile +Date: October 2020 +Contact: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> +Description: Reading this file gives the current selected profile for this + device. Writing this file with one of the strings from + platform_profile_choices changes the profile to the new value. |