Commit 8a2cbf72 authored by Perry Yuan's avatar Perry Yuan Committed by Rafael J. Wysocki

Documentation: amd-pstate: add driver working mode introduction

Introduce the `amd_pstate` driver new working mode with
`amd_pstate=passive` added to kernel command line.
If there is no passive mode enabled by user, amd_pstate driver will be
disabled by default for now.
Acked-by: default avatarHuang Rui <ray.huang@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarGautham R. Shenoy <gautham.shenoy@amd.com>
Tested-by: default avatarWyes Karny <wyes.karny@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarPerry Yuan <Perry.Yuan@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
parent 202e683d
...@@ -283,23 +283,19 @@ efficiency frequency management method on AMD processors. ...@@ -283,23 +283,19 @@ efficiency frequency management method on AMD processors.
Kernel Module Options for ``amd-pstate`` Kernel Module Options for ``amd-pstate``
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.. _shared_mem: Passive Mode
------------
``shared_mem``
Use a module param (shared_mem) to enable related processors manually with ``amd_pstate=passive``
**amd_pstate.shared_mem=1**.
Due to the performance issue on the processors with `Shared Memory Support It will be enabled if the ``amd_pstate=passive`` is passed to the kernel in the command line.
<perf_cap_>`_, we disable it presently and will re-enable this by default In this mode, ``amd_pstate`` driver software specifies a desired QoS target in the CPPC
once we address performance issue with this solution. performance scale as a relative number. This can be expressed as percentage of nominal
performance (infrastructure max). Below the nominal sustained performance level,
To check whether the current processor is using `Full MSR Support <perf_cap_>`_ desired performance expresses the average performance level of the processor subject
or `Shared Memory Support <perf_cap_>`_ : :: to the Performance Reduction Tolerance register. Above the nominal performance level,
processor must provide at least nominal performance requested and go higher if current
ray@hr-test1:~$ lscpu | grep cppc operating conditions allow.
Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc cpuid extd_apicid aperfmperf rapl pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt tce topoext perfctr_core perfctr_nb bpext perfctr_llc mwaitx cpb cat_l3 cdp_l3 hw_pstate ssbd mba ibrs ibpb stibp vmmcall fsgsbase bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid cqm rdt_a rdseed adx smap clflushopt clwb sha_ni xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves cqm_llc cqm_occup_llc cqm_mbm_total cqm_mbm_local clzero irperf xsaveerptr rdpru wbnoinvd cppc arat npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale vmcb_clean flushbyasid decodeassists pausefilter pfthreshold avic v_vmsave_vmload vgif v_spec_ctrl umip pku ospke vaes vpclmulqdq rdpid overflow_recov succor smca fsrm
If the CPU flags have ``cppc``, then this processor supports `Full MSR Support
<perf_cap_>`_. Otherwise, it supports `Shared Memory Support <perf_cap_>`_.
``cpupower`` tool support for ``amd-pstate`` ``cpupower`` tool support for ``amd-pstate``
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