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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform_profile | 24 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/debug.rst | 19 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/gpio-properties.rst | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/userspace-api/sysfs-platform_profile.rst | 42 |
5 files changed, 74 insertions, 13 deletions
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. diff --git a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/debug.rst b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/debug.rst index 1a152dd1d765..03cd4e25fc45 100644 --- a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/debug.rst +++ b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/debug.rst @@ -52,19 +52,12 @@ shows the supported mask values, currently these:: ACPI_CA_DISASSEMBLER 0x00000800 ACPI_COMPILER 0x00001000 ACPI_TOOLS 0x00002000 - ACPI_BUS_COMPONENT 0x00010000 - ACPI_AC_COMPONENT 0x00020000 - ACPI_BATTERY_COMPONENT 0x00040000 - ACPI_BUTTON_COMPONENT 0x00080000 ACPI_SBS_COMPONENT 0x00100000 ACPI_FAN_COMPONENT 0x00200000 ACPI_PCI_COMPONENT 0x00400000 - ACPI_POWER_COMPONENT 0x00800000 ACPI_CONTAINER_COMPONENT 0x01000000 ACPI_SYSTEM_COMPONENT 0x02000000 - ACPI_THERMAL_COMPONENT 0x04000000 ACPI_MEMORY_DEVICE_COMPONENT 0x08000000 - ACPI_VIDEO_COMPONENT 0x10000000 ACPI_PROCESSOR_COMPONENT 0x20000000 debug_level @@ -118,15 +111,15 @@ currently these:: Examples ======== -For example, drivers/acpi/bus.c contains this:: +For example, drivers/acpi/acpica/evxfevnt.c contains this:: - #define _COMPONENT ACPI_BUS_COMPONENT + #define _COMPONENT ACPI_EVENTS ... - ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, "Device insertion detected\n")); + ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INIT, "ACPI mode disabled\n")); -To turn on this message, set the ACPI_BUS_COMPONENT bit in acpi.debug_layer -and the ACPI_LV_INFO bit in acpi.debug_level. (The ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT -statement uses ACPI_DB_INFO, which is macro based on the ACPI_LV_INFO +To turn on this message, set the ACPI_EVENTS bit in acpi.debug_layer +and the ACPI_LV_INIT bit in acpi.debug_level. (The ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT +statement uses ACPI_DB_INIT, which is a macro based on the ACPI_LV_INIT definition.) Enable all AML "Debug" output (stores to the Debug object while interpreting diff --git a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/gpio-properties.rst b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/gpio-properties.rst index b36aa3e743d8..4e264c16ddff 100644 --- a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/gpio-properties.rst +++ b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/gpio-properties.rst @@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ following rules (see also the examples): other words, it is not mandatory to fill all the GPIO lines - empty names are allowed (two quotation marks ``""`` correspond to an empty name) + - names inside one GPIO controller/expander must be unique Example of a GPIO controller of 16 lines, with an incomplete list with two empty names:: diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst index acd2cc2a538d..d29b020e5622 100644 --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ place where this information is gathered. ioctl/index iommu media/index + sysfs-platform_profile .. only:: subproject and html diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/sysfs-platform_profile.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/sysfs-platform_profile.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..c33a71263d9e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/sysfs-platform_profile.rst @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +===================================================================== +Platform Profile Selection (e.g. /sys/firmware/acpi/platform_profile) +===================================================================== + +On modern systems the platform performance, temperature, fan and other +hardware related characteristics are often dynamically configurable. The +platform configuration is often automatically adjusted to the current +conditions 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 +operation or towards performance. + +The purpose of the platform_profile attribute is to offer a generic sysfs +API for selecting the platform profile of these automatic mechanisms. + +Note that this API is only for selecting the platform profile, it is +NOT a goal of this API to allow monitoring the resulting performance +characteristics. Monitoring performance is best done with device/vendor +specific tools such as e.g. turbostat. + +Specifically when selecting a high performance profile the actual achieved +performance may be limited by various factors such as: the heat generated +by other components, room temperature, free air flow at the bottom of a +laptop, etc. It is explicitly NOT a goal of this API to let userspace know +about any sub-optimal conditions which are impeding reaching the requested +performance level. + +Since numbers on their own cannot represent the multiple variables that a +profile will adjust (power consumption, heat generation, etc) this API +uses strings to describe the various profiles. To make sure that userspace +gets a consistent experience the sysfs-platform_profile ABI document defines +a fixed set of profile names. Drivers *must* map their internal profile +representation onto this fixed set. + +If there is no good match when mapping then a new profile name may be +added. Drivers which wish to introduce new profile names must: + + 1. Explain why the existing profile names canot be used. + 2. Add the new profile name, along with a clear description of the + expected behaviour, to the sysfs-platform_profile ABI documentation. |