RE: [PATCH v7 00/13] Implement AMD Pstate EPP Driver

From: Yuan, Perry
Date: Sun Dec 11 2022 - 22:00:00 EST


[AMD Official Use Only - General]

Hi Rafael.

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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 00/13] Implement AMD Pstate EPP Driver
>
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Dec 8, 2022 at 12:19 PM Perry Yuan <perry.yuan@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > This patchset implements one new AMD CPU frequency driver
> > `amd-pstate-epp` instance for better performance and power control.
> > CPPC has a parameter called energy preference performance (EPP).
> > The EPP is used in the CCLK DPM controller to drive the frequency that
> > a core is going to operate during short periods of activity.
> > EPP values will be utilized for different OS profiles (balanced, performance,
> power savings).
>
> I honestly don't think that this work is ready for 6.2.
>
> The number of patches in the series seems to change frequently and there
> are active discussions around specific patches.
>
> Accordingly, I will not consider applying it until 6.2-rc1 is out.
>
> Thanks!

Thanks for your feedback on this. I add some issue fix and some documents patches to the series which changes the patches numbers.
I will drive the feedback and will get review and ack flags before you help to merge it.

Perry.