cpufreq: amd-pstate: add amd-pstate driver parameter for mode selection
When the amd_pstate driver is built-in users still need a method to be able enable or disable it depending upon their circumstance. Add support for an early parameter to do this. There is some performance degradation on a number of ASICs in the passive mode. This performance issue was originally discovered in shared memory systems but it has been proven that certain workloads on MSR systems also suffer performance issues. Set the amd-pstate driver as disabled by default to temporarily mitigate the performance problem. 1) with `amd_pstate=disable`, pstate driver will be disabled to load at kernel booting. 2) with `amd_pstate=passive`, pstate driver will be enabled and loaded as non-autonomous working mode supported in the low-level power management firmware. 3) If neither parameter is specified, the driver will be disabled by default to avoid triggering performance regressions in certain ASICs Acked-by: Huang Rui <ray.huang@amd.com> Reviewed-by: Gautham R. Shenoy <gautham.shenoy@amd.com> Tested-by: Wyes Karny <wyes.karny@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Perry Yuan <Perry.Yuan@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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