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diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/intel-pstate.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/intel-pstate.txt index 1953994ef5e6..3fdcdfd968ba 100644 --- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/intel-pstate.txt +++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/intel-pstate.txt @@ -85,6 +85,21 @@ Sysfs will show : Refer to "Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual Volume 3: System Programming Guide" to understand ratios. +There is one more sysfs attribute in /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/ +that can be used for controlling the operation mode of the driver: + + status: Three settings are possible: + "off" - The driver is not in use at this time. + "active" - The driver works as a P-state governor (default). + "passive" - The driver works as a regular cpufreq one and collaborates + with the generic cpufreq governors (it sets P-states as + requested by those governors). + The current setting is returned by reads from this attribute. Writing one + of the above strings to it changes the operation mode as indicated by that + string, if possible. If HW-managed P-states (HWP) are enabled, it is not + possible to change the driver's operation mode and attempts to write to + this attribute will fail. + cpufreq sysfs for Intel P-State Since this driver registers with cpufreq, cpufreq sysfs is also presented. |