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@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ In addition to the frequency-controlling interfaces provided by the cpufreq
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core, the driver provides its own sysfs files to control the P-State selection.
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These files have been added to /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/.
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Any changes made to these files are applicable to all CPUs (even in a
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-multi-package system).
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+multi-package system, Refer to later section on placing "Per-CPU limits").
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max_perf_pct: Limits the maximum P-State that will be requested by
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the driver. It states it as a percentage of the available performance. The
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@@ -120,6 +120,25 @@ frequency is fictional for Intel Core processors. Even if the scaling
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driver selects a single P-State, the actual frequency the processor
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will run at is selected by the processor itself.
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+Per-CPU limits
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+
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+The kernel command line option "intel_pstate=per_cpu_perf_limits" forces
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+the intel_pstate driver to use per-CPU performance limits. When it is set,
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+the sysfs control interface described above is subject to limitations.
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+- The following controls are not available for both read and write
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+ /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/max_perf_pct
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+ /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/min_perf_pct
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+- The following controls can be used to set performance limits, as far as the
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+architecture of the processor permits:
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+ /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq
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+ /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq
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+ /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor
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+- User can still observe turbo percent and number of P-States from
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+ /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/turbo_pct
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+ /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/num_pstates
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+- User can read write system wide turbo status
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+ /sys/devices/system/cpu/no_turbo
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+
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Tuning Intel P-State driver
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When the performance can be tuned using PID (Proportional Integral
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