On 22-05-20, 11:34, Xiongfeng Wang wrote: > ACPI spec 6.2 section 8.4.7.1 provide the following two CPC registers. > > "Highest performance is the absolute maximum performance an individual > processor may reach, assuming ideal conditions. This performance level > may not be sustainable for long durations, and may only be achievable if > other platform components are in a specific state; for example, it may > require other processors be in an idle state. > > Nominal Performance is the maximum sustained performance level of the > processor, assuming ideal operating conditions. In absence of an > external constraint (power, thermal, etc.) this is the performance level > the platform is expected to be able to maintain continuously. All > processors are expected to be able to sustain their nominal performance > state simultaneously." > > We can use Highest Performance as the max performance in boost mode and > Nomial Performance as the max performance in non-boost mode. If the > Highest Performance is greater than the Nominal Performance, we assume > SW BOOST is supported. > > v3->v4: > run 'boost_set_msr_each' for each CPU in the policy rather than > each CPU in the system for 'acpi-cpufreq' > add 'Suggested-by'
Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <[email protected]> -- viresh
