Andrei Dorofeev wrote:

> I also think it should be HW_ALL per socket if P-state hardware
> coordination is supported (there's CPUID bit for that) or SW_ALL per
> socket otherwise.

MISC_PWR_MGMT(bit0) MSR can tell us if it's HW_ALL or not.
Ideally, there is an option in the BIOS for that.

Thanks,
-Aubrey

>
> - Andrei
>
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 3:26 PM, Mark Haywood
> <Mark.Haywood at sun.com> wrote:
>> Eric Saxe wrote:
>>> I recall that on some systems, _PSD didn't exist, in which case
>>> cpudrv defaults to using the socket as a P-State dependency domain.
>>> Does anyone know what the domain coordination type (e.g. SW_ALL,
>>> SW_ANY, HW_ALL) would default to in that case?
>>>
>>
>> I believe it is HW_ALL, but Aubrey or Asok might be able to say for
>> sure.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> -Eric

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