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* Revert "cpufreq: pcc-cpufreq: update default value of ↵Andreas Herrmann2016-07-221-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | cpuinfo_transition_latency" This reverts commit 790d849bf811a8ab5d4cd2cce0f6fda92f6aebf2. Using a v4.7-rc7 kernel on a HP ProLiant triggered following messages pcc-cpufreq: (v1.10.00) driver loaded with frequency limits: 1200 MHz, 2800 MHz cpufreq: ondemand governor failed, too long transition latency of HW, fallback to performance governor The last line was shown for each CPU in the system. Testing v4.5 (where commit 790d849b was integrated) triggered similar messages. Same behaviour on a 2nd HP Proliant system. So commit 790d849bf (cpufreq: pcc-cpufreq: update default value of cpuinfo_transition_latency) causes the system to use performance governor which, I guess, was not the intention of the patch. Enabling debug output in pcc-cpufreq provides following verbose output: pcc-cpufreq: (v1.10.00) driver loaded with frequency limits: 1200 MHz, 2800 MHz pcc_get_offset: for CPU 0: pcc_cpu_data input_offset: 0x44, pcc_cpu_data output_offset: 0x48 init: policy->max is 2800000, policy->min is 1200000 get: get_freq for CPU 0 get: SUCCESS: (virtual) output_offset for cpu 0 is 0xffffc9000d7c0048, contains a value of: 0xff06. Speed is: 168000 MHz cpufreq: ondemand governor failed, too long transition latency of HW, fallback to performance governor target: CPU 0 should go to target freq: 2800000 (virtual) input_offset is 0xffffc9000d7c0044 target: was SUCCESSFUL for cpu 0 I am asking to revert 790d849bf to re-enable usage of ondemand governor with pcc-cpufreq. Fixes: 790d849bf (cpufreq: pcc-cpufreq: update default value of cpuinfo_transition_latency) CC: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 4.5+ Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann <aherrmann@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
* cpufreq: pcc-cpufreq: update default value of cpuinfo_transition_latencyJacob Tanenbaum2015-12-101-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The cpufreq documentation specifies policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency the time it takes on this CPU to switch between two frequencies in nanoseconds (if appropriate, else specify CPUFREQ_ETERNAL) currently pcc-cpufreq does not expose the value and sets it to zero. I changed the pcc-cpufreq driver and it's documentation to conform to the default value specified in Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.txt Signed-off-by: Jacob Tanenbaum <jtanenba@redhat.com> Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
* [CPUFREQ] Processor Clocking Control interface driverNaga Chumbalkar2010-01-131-0/+207
Processor Clocking Control (PCC) is an interface between the BIOS and OSPM. Based on the server workload, OSPM can request what frequency it expects from a logical CPU, and the BIOS will achieve that frequency transparently. This patch introduces driver support for PCC. OSPM uses the PCC driver to communicate with the BIOS via the PCC interface. There is a Documentation file that provides a link to the PCC Specification, and also provides a summary of the PCC interface. Currently, certain HP ProLiant platforms implement the PCC interface. However, any platform whose BIOS implements the PCC Specification, can utilize this driver. V2 --> V1 changes (based on Dominik's suggestions): - Removed the dependency on CPU_FREQ_TABLE - "cpufreq_stats" will no longer PANIC. Actually, it will not load anymore because it is not applicable. - Removed the sanity check for target frequency in the ->target routine. NOTE: A patch to sanitize the target frequency requested by "ondemand" is needed to ensure that the target freq < policy->min. Can this driver be queued up for the 2.6.33 tree? Signed-off-by: Naga Chumbalkar <nagananda.chumbalkar@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>