Re: [RESEND PATCH V2 2/9] cpufreq: amd_pstate: add module parameter to load amd pstate EPP driver

From: Huang Rui
Date: Mon Oct 17 2022 - 05:48:18 EST


On Tue, Oct 11, 2022 at 12:22:41AM +0800, Yuan, Perry wrote:
> The amd_pstate mode parameter will allow user to select which amd pstate
> working mode as booting mode, amd_pstate instance or amd_pstate_epp instance.
>
> 1) amd_pstate instance is depending on the target operation mode.
> 2) amd_pstate_epp instance is depending on the set_policy operation mode.It
> is also called active mode that AMD SMU has EPP algorithm to control the
> CPU runtime frequency according to the EPP set value and workload.
>

There is one concern here: how can the user know which kind of processor
supports the EPP function in hardware?

Thanks,
Ray

> Signed-off-by: Perry Yuan <Perry.Yuan@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
> index f52b8f2fe529..2d28f458589c 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
> @@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ module_param(shared_mem, bool, 0444);
> MODULE_PARM_DESC(shared_mem,
> "enable amd-pstate on processors with shared memory solution (false = disabled (default), true = enabled)");
>
> +static bool epp = false;
> +module_param(epp, bool, 0444);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(epp, "Enable energy performance preference (EPP) control");
> +
> static struct cpufreq_driver amd_pstate_driver;
>
> /**
> --
> 2.34.1
>