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| author | Perry Yuan <Perry.Yuan@amd.com> | 2022-11-17 15:35:40 +0800 |
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| committer | Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> | 2022-11-22 19:57:15 +0100 |
| commit | 8a2cbf72a43ade1ed00760f65914e322599fe662 (patch) | |
| tree | 41dca2dba0fc4599853e8d5092c4940b637f33b0 /Documentation | |
| parent | 202e683df37cdf4c38e06e56ac91cc170ef49058 (diff) | |
Documentation: amd-pstate: add driver working mode introduction
Introduce the `amd_pstate` driver new working mode with
`amd_pstate=passive` added to kernel command line.
If there is no passive mode enabled by user, amd_pstate driver will be
disabled by default for now.
Acked-by: Huang Rui <ray.huang@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Gautham R. Shenoy <gautham.shenoy@amd.com>
Tested-by: Wyes Karny <wyes.karny@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Perry Yuan <Perry.Yuan@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst | 30 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst index 8f3d30c5a0d8..06e23538f79c 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst @@ -283,23 +283,19 @@ efficiency frequency management method on AMD processors. Kernel Module Options for ``amd-pstate`` ========================================= -.. _shared_mem: - -``shared_mem`` -Use a module param (shared_mem) to enable related processors manually with -**amd_pstate.shared_mem=1**. -Due to the performance issue on the processors with `Shared Memory Support -<perf_cap_>`_, we disable it presently and will re-enable this by default -once we address performance issue with this solution. - -To check whether the current processor is using `Full MSR Support <perf_cap_>`_ -or `Shared Memory Support <perf_cap_>`_ : :: - - ray@hr-test1:~$ lscpu | grep cppc - Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc cpuid extd_apicid aperfmperf rapl pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt tce topoext perfctr_core perfctr_nb bpext perfctr_llc mwaitx cpb cat_l3 cdp_l3 hw_pstate ssbd mba ibrs ibpb stibp vmmcall fsgsbase bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid cqm rdt_a rdseed adx smap clflushopt clwb sha_ni xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves cqm_llc cqm_occup_llc cqm_mbm_total cqm_mbm_local clzero irperf xsaveerptr rdpru wbnoinvd cppc arat npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale vmcb_clean flushbyasid decodeassists pausefilter pfthreshold avic v_vmsave_vmload vgif v_spec_ctrl umip pku ospke vaes vpclmulqdq rdpid overflow_recov succor smca fsrm - -If the CPU flags have ``cppc``, then this processor supports `Full MSR Support -<perf_cap_>`_. Otherwise, it supports `Shared Memory Support <perf_cap_>`_. +Passive Mode +------------ + +``amd_pstate=passive`` + +It will be enabled if the ``amd_pstate=passive`` is passed to the kernel in the command line. +In this mode, ``amd_pstate`` driver software specifies a desired QoS target in the CPPC +performance scale as a relative number. This can be expressed as percentage of nominal +performance (infrastructure max). Below the nominal sustained performance level, +desired performance expresses the average performance level of the processor subject +to the Performance Reduction Tolerance register. Above the nominal performance level, +processor must provide at least nominal performance requested and go higher if current +operating conditions allow. ``cpupower`` tool support for ``amd-pstate`` |