[PATCH v5 9/9] Documentation: introduce amd pstate active mode kernel command line options
From: Perry Yuan
Date: Mon Nov 28 2022 - 12:10:25 EST
AMD Pstate driver support another fimware based autonomous mode
with "amd_pstate=active" added to the kernel command line.
In autonomous mode SMU firmware decides frequencies at 1 ms timescale
based on workload utilization, usage in other IPs, infrastructure
limits such as power, thermals and so on.
Signed-off-by: Perry Yuan <perry.yuan@xxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 42af9ca0127e..8fa0d45add03 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -6970,3 +6970,10 @@
management firmware translates the requests into actual
hardware states (core frequency, data fabric and memory
clocks etc.)
+ active
+ Use amd_pstate_epp driver instace as the scaling driver,
+ driver provides a hint to the hardware if software wants
+ to bias toward performance (0x0) or energy efficiency (0xff)
+ to the CPPC firmware. then CPPC power algorithm will
+ calculate the runtime workload and adjust the realtime cores
+ frequency.
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