Re: [UPDATE][PATCH 10/10] tools/power/x86: A tool to validate Intel Speed Select commands

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Mon Jul 01 2019 - 07:33:18 EST


On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 8:14 PM Srinivas Pandruvada
<srinivas.pandruvada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The Intel(R) Speed select technologies contains four features.
>
> Performance profile:An non architectural mechanism that allows multiple
> optimized performance profiles per system via static and/or dynamic
> adjustment of core count, workload, Tjmax, and TDP, etc. aka ISS
> in the documentation.
>
> Base Frequency: Enables users to increase guaranteed base frequency on
> certain cores (high priority cores) in exchange for lower base frequency
> on remaining cores (low priority cores). aka PBF in the documenation.
>
> Turbo frequency: Enables the ability to set different turbo ratio limits
> to cores based on priority. aka FACT in the documentation.
>
> Core power: An Interface that allows user to define per core/tile
> priority.
>
> There is a multi level help for commands and options. This can be used
> to check required arguments for each feature and commands for the
> feature.
>
> To start navigating the features start with
>
> $sudo intel-speed-select --help
>
> For help on a specific feature for example
> $sudo intel-speed-select perf-profile --help
>
> To get help for a command for a feature for example
> $sudo intel-speed-select perf-profile get-lock-status --help
>
> Signed-off-by: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Updates:
> - Copied Makefile from tools/gpio and moified the Makefile here
> - Added entry to tools/build/Makefile
> - Rename directory to match the executable name
> - Fix one error message

Thanks!
I pushed to my review and testing queue, while still waiting for some ACKs.

It seems I can promote the driver itself now,w/o tools, if you want me to do so.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko