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X-OriginatorOrg: amd.com X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Dec 2022 06:41:54.8960 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-Network-Message-Id: 0a865751-2e29-451c-ac6e-08dae18c1e82 X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-Id: 3dd8961f-e488-4e60-8e11-a82d994e183d X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-OriginalAttributedTenantConnectingIp: TenantId=3dd8961f-e488-4e60-8e11-a82d994e183d;Ip=[165.204.84.17];Helo=[SATLEXMB04.amd.com] X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-AuthSource: DM6NAM11FT089.eop-nam11.prod.protection.outlook.com X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-AuthAs: Anonymous X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-FromEntityHeader: HybridOnPrem X-MS-Exchange-Transport-CrossTenantHeadersStamped: BL0PR12MB4915 Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Perry Yuan Introduce ``amd-pstate`` CPPC has two operation modes: * CPPC Autonomous (active) mode * CPPC non-autonomous (passive) mode. active mode and passive mode can be chosen by different kernel parameters. Signed-off-by: Perry Yuan --- Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst | 26 +++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst index 33ab8ec8fc2f..62744dae3c5f 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst @@ -299,8 +299,30 @@ module which supports the new AMD P-States mechanism on most of the future AMD platforms. The AMD P-States mechanism is the more performance and energy efficiency frequency management method on AMD processors. -Kernel Module Options for ``amd-pstate`` -========================================= + +AMD Pstate Driver Operation Modes +================================= + +``amd_pstate`` CPPC has two operation modes: CPPC Autonomous(active) mode and +CPPC non-autonomous(passive) mode. +active mode and passive mode can be chosen by different kernel parameters. +When in Autonomous mode, CPPC ignores requests done in the Desired Performance +Target register and takes into account only the values set to the Minimum requested +performance, Maximum requested performance, and Energy Performance Preference +registers. When Autonomous is disabled, it only considers the Desired Performance Target. + +Active Mode +------------ + +``amd_pstate=active`` + +This is the low-level firmware control mode which is implemented by ``amd_pstate_epp`` +driver with ``amd_pstate=active`` passed to the kernel in the command line. +In this mode, ``amd_pstate_epp`` 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 according to the power supply and thermal, core voltage and some other +hardware conditions. Passive Mode ------------ -- 2.34.1