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2021-08-16ACPI: platform-profile: call sysfs_notify() from platform_profile_store()Hans de Goede1-0/+7
Drivers like thinkpad_acpi and ideapad_laptop call the platform_profile_notify() helper when the profile is changed by hardware (the embedded-controller/EC) in response to an EC handled hotkey. This allows userspace to monitor for such changes by polling for POLLPRI on the platform_profile sysfs file. But the profile can also be changed underneath a userspace program monitoring it by anonther userspace program storing a new value. Add a sysfs_notify() call to platform_profile_store(), so that userspace programs monitoring for changes also get notified in this case. Also update the documentation to document that POLLPRI polling can be used to watch for changes. Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
2021-02-24ACPI: platform: Add balanced-performance platform profileMaximilian Luz1-7/+11
Some devices, including most Microsoft Surface devices, have a platform profile somewhere inbetween balanced and performance. More specifically, adding this profile allows the following mapping on Surface devices: Vendor Name Platform Profile ------------------------------------------ Battery Saver low-power Recommended balanced Better Performance balanced-performance Best Performance performance Suggested-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Maximilian Luz <luzmaximilian@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
2020-12-30Documentation: Add documentation for new platform_profile sysfs attributeMark Pearson1-0/+24
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>