Re: [PATCH v11 08/11] Documentation: amd-pstate: add amd pstate driver mode introduction

[Wyes Karny <wyes.karny@amd.com>]

On 1/18/2023 1:22 PM, Perry Yuan wrote:
> From: Perry Yuan <Perry.Yuan@amd.com>
> 
> The amd-pstate driver has two operation modes supported:
> * CPPC Autonomous (active) mode
> * CPPC non-autonomous (passive) mode.
> active mode and passive mode can be chosen by different kernel parameters.
> 
> Acked-by: Huang Rui <ray.huang@amd.com>
> Tested-by: Wyes Karny <wyes.karny@amd.com>
> Reviewed-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@amd.com>
> Signed-off-by: Perry Yuan <Perry.Yuan@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Wyes Karny <wyes.karny@amd.com>


> ---
>  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 98a2bb44f80c..b6aee69f564f 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
>  ------------

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Thanks & Regards,
Wyes