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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/thermal/intel_dptf.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/thermal/intel_dptf.rst index 9ab4316322a1..2d11e74ac665 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/thermal/intel_dptf.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/thermal/intel_dptf.rst @@ -315,3 +315,57 @@ DPTF Fan Control ---------------------------------------- Refer to Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/fan_performance_states.rst + +Workload Type Hints +---------------------------------------- + +The firmware in Meteor Lake processor generation is capable of identifying +workload type and passing hints regarding it to the OS. A special sysfs +interface is provided to allow user space to obtain workload type hints from +the firmware and control the rate at which they are provided. + +User space can poll attribute "workload_type_index" for the current hint or +can receive a notification whenever the value of this attribute is updated. + +file:`/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:04.0/workload_hint/` +Segment 0, bus 0, device 4, function 0 is reserved for the processor thermal +device on all Intel client processors. So, the above path doesn't change +based on the processor generation. + +``workload_hint_enable`` (RW) + Enable firmware to send workload type hints to user space. + +``notification_delay_ms`` (RW) + Minimum delay in milliseconds before firmware will notify OS. This is + for the rate control of notifications. This delay is between changing + the workload type prediction in the firmware and notifying the OS about + the change. The default delay is 1024 ms. The delay of 0 is invalid. + The delay is rounded up to the nearest power of 2 to simplify firmware + programming of the delay value. The read of notification_delay_ms + attribute shows the effective value used. + +``workload_type_index`` (RO) + Predicted workload type index. User space can get notification of + change via existing sysfs attribute change notification mechanism. + + The supported index values and their meaning for the Meteor Lake + processor generation are as follows: + + 0 - Idle: System performs no tasks, power and idle residency are + consistently low for long periods of time. + + 1 – Battery Life: Power is relatively low, but the processor may + still be actively performing a task, such as video playback for + a long period of time. + + 2 – Sustained: Power level that is relatively high for a long period + of time, with very few to no periods of idleness, which will + eventually exhaust RAPL Power Limit 1 and 2. + + 3 – Bursty: Consumes a relatively constant average amount of power, but + periods of relative idleness are interrupted by bursts of + activity. The bursts are relatively short and the periods of + relative idleness between them typically prevent RAPL Power + Limit 1 from being exhausted. + + 4 – Unknown: Can't classify. |