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@@ -139,6 +139,30 @@ architecture of the processor permits:
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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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+Support of energy performance hints
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+It is possible to provide hints to the HWP algorithms in the processor
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+to be more performance centric to more energy centric. When the driver
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+is using HWP, two additional cpufreq sysfs attributes are presented for
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+each logical CPU.
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+These attributes are:
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+ - energy_performance_available_preferences
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+ - energy_performance_preference
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+To get list of supported hints:
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+$ cat energy_performance_available_preferences
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+ default performance balance_performance balance_power power
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+
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+The current preference can be read or changed via cpufreq sysfs
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+attribute "energy_performance_preference". Reading from this attribute
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+will display current effective setting. User can write any of the valid
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+preference string to this attribute. User can always restore to power-on
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+default by writing "default".
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+
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+Since threads can migrate to different CPUs, this is possible that the
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+new CPU may have different energy performance preference than the previous
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+one. To avoid such issues, either threads can be pinned to specific CPUs
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+or set the same energy performance preference value to all CPUs.
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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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