kernel_optimize_test/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig
Dave Jones b9170836d1 [CPUFREQ] Conservative cpufreq governer
A new cpufreq module, based on the ondemand one with my additional patches
just posted.  This one is more suitable for battery environments where its
probably more appealing to have the cpu freq gracefully increase and decrease
rather than flip between the min and max freq's.

N.B. Bruno Ducrot pointed out that the amd64's "do have unacceptable latency
between min and max freq transition, due to the step-by-step requirements
(200MHz IIRC)"; so AMD64 users would probably benefit from this too.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Clouter <alex-kernel@digriz.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
2005-05-31 19:03:47 -07:00

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config CPU_FREQ
bool "CPU Frequency scaling"
help
CPU Frequency scaling allows you to change the clock speed of
CPUs on the fly. This is a nice method to save power, because
the lower the CPU clock speed, the less power the CPU consumes.
Note that this driver doesn't automatically change the CPU
clock speed, you need to either enable a dynamic cpufreq governor
(see below) after boot, or use a userspace tool.
For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>.
If in doubt, say N.
if CPU_FREQ
config CPU_FREQ_TABLE
def_tristate m
config CPU_FREQ_DEBUG
bool "Enable CPUfreq debugging"
help
Say Y here to enable CPUfreq subsystem (including drivers)
debugging. You will need to activate it via the kernel
command line by passing
cpufreq.debug=<value>
To get <value>, add
1 to activate CPUfreq core debugging,
2 to activate CPUfreq drivers debugging, and
4 to activate CPUfreq governor debugging
config CPU_FREQ_STAT
tristate "CPU frequency translation statistics"
select CPU_FREQ_TABLE
default y
help
This driver exports CPU frequency statistics information through sysfs
file system
config CPU_FREQ_STAT_DETAILS
bool "CPU frequency translation statistics details"
depends on CPU_FREQ_STAT
help
This will show detail CPU frequency translation table in sysfs file
system
# Note that it is not currently possible to set the other governors (such as ondemand)
# as the default, since if they fail to initialise, cpufreq will be
# left in an undefined state.
choice
prompt "Default CPUFreq governor"
default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE if CPU_FREQ_SA1100 || CPU_FREQ_SA1110
default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE
help
This option sets which CPUFreq governor shall be loaded at
startup. If in doubt, select 'performance'.
config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE
bool "performance"
select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE
help
Use the CPUFreq governor 'performance' as default. This sets
the frequency statically to the highest frequency supported by
the CPU.
config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE
bool "userspace"
select CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE
help
Use the CPUFreq governor 'userspace' as default. This allows
you to set the CPU frequency manually or when an userspace
program shall be able to set the CPU dynamically without having
to enable the userspace governor manually.
endchoice
config CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE
tristate "'performance' governor"
help
This cpufreq governor sets the frequency statically to the
highest available CPU frequency.
If in doubt, say Y.
config CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE
tristate "'powersave' governor"
help
This cpufreq governor sets the frequency statically to the
lowest available CPU frequency.
If in doubt, say Y.
config CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE
tristate "'userspace' governor for userspace frequency scaling"
help
Enable this cpufreq governor when you either want to set the
CPU frequency manually or when an userspace program shall
be able to set the CPU dynamically, like on LART
<http://www.lart.tudelft.nl/>
For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>.
If in doubt, say Y.
config CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND
tristate "'ondemand' cpufreq policy governor"
help
'ondemand' - This driver adds a dynamic cpufreq policy governor.
The governor does a periodic polling and
changes frequency based on the CPU utilization.
The support for this governor depends on CPU capability to
do fast frequency switching (i.e, very low latency frequency
transitions).
For details, take a look at linux/Documentation/cpu-freq.
If in doubt, say N.
config CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE
tristate "'conservative' cpufreq governor"
depends on CPU_FREQ
help
'conservative' - this driver is rather similar to the 'ondemand'
governor both in its source code and its purpose, the difference is
its optimisation for better suitability in a battery powered
environment. The frequency is gracefully increased and decreased
rather than jumping to 100% when speed is required.
If you have a desktop machine then you should really be considering
the 'ondemand' governor instead, however if you are using a laptop,
PDA or even an AMD64 based computer (due to the unacceptable
step-by-step latency issues between the minimum and maximum frequency
transitions in the CPU) you will probably want to use this governor.
For details, take a look at linux/Documentation/cpu-freq.
If in doubt, say N.
endif # CPU_FREQ