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authorRamkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>2014-01-05 14:21:14 +0400
committerRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>2014-01-06 04:14:25 +0400
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Documentation / cpufreq: add intel-pstate.txt
The Intel P-state driver is currently undocumented. Add some documentation based on the cover-letter sent with the original series. Cc: Dirk Brandewie <dirk.brandewie@gmail.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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+Intel P-state driver
+--------------------
+
+This driver implements a scaling driver with an internal governor for
+Intel Core processors. The driver follows the same model as the
+Transmeta scaling driver (longrun.c) and implements the setpolicy()
+instead of target(). Scaling drivers that implement setpolicy() are
+assumed to implement internal governors by the cpufreq core. All the
+logic for selecting the current P state is contained within the
+driver; no external governor is used by the cpufreq core.
+
+Intel SandyBridge+ processors are supported.
+
+New sysfs files for controlling P state selection have been added to
+/sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/
+
+ max_perf_pct: limits the maximum P state that will be requested by
+ the driver stated as a percentage of the available performance.
+
+ min_perf_pct: limits the minimum P state that will be requested by
+ the driver stated as a percentage of the available performance.
+
+ no_turbo: limits the driver to selecting P states below the turbo
+ frequency range.
+
+For contemporary Intel processors, the frequency is controlled by the
+processor itself and the P-states exposed to software are related to
+performance levels. The idea that frequency can be set to a single
+frequency is fiction for Intel Core processors. Even if the scaling
+driver selects a single P state the actual frequency the processor
+will run at is selected by the processor itself.
+
+New debugfs files have also been added to /sys/kernel/debug/pstate_snb/
+
+ deadband
+ d_gain_pct
+ i_gain_pct
+ p_gain_pct
+ sample_rate_ms
+ setpoint