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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_epb.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_epb.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..005121167 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_epb.rst @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 +.. include:: <isonum.txt> + +====================================== +Intel Performance and Energy Bias Hint +====================================== + +:Copyright: |copy| 2019 Intel Corporation + +:Author: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> + + +.. kernel-doc:: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_epb.c + :doc: overview + +Intel Performance and Energy Bias Attribute in ``sysfs`` +======================================================== + +The Intel Performance and Energy Bias Hint (EPB) value for a given (logical) CPU +can be checked or updated through a ``sysfs`` attribute (file) under +:file:`/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu<N>/power/`, where the CPU number ``<N>`` +is allocated at the system initialization time: + +``energy_perf_bias`` + Shows the current EPB value for the CPU in a sliding scale 0 - 15, where + a value of 0 corresponds to a hint preference for highest performance + and a value of 15 corresponds to the maximum energy savings. + + In order to update the EPB value for the CPU, this attribute can be + written to, either with a number in the 0 - 15 sliding scale above, or + with one of the strings: "performance", "balance-performance", "normal", + "balance-power", "power" that represent values reflected by their + meaning. + + This attribute is present for all online CPUs supporting the EPB + feature. + +Note that while the EPB interface to the processor is defined at the logical CPU +level, the physical register backing it may be shared by multiple CPUs (for +example, SMT siblings or cores in one package). For this reason, updating the +EPB value for one CPU may cause the EPB values for other CPUs to change. |