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author | Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> | 2017-11-13 01:41:11 +0100 |
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committer | Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> | 2017-11-13 01:41:11 +0100 |
commit | 794c33555f704047e4014d4601b3972cfbfe7e50 (patch) | |
tree | 014bcdc36e4d1fbd3083dba8fae43993ec3a7084 /Documentation | |
parent | 28da43956b04d2bd854d8db3ab1883a223bee07d (diff) | |
parent | ff1656790b3a4caca94505c52fd0250f981ea187 (diff) | |
download | linux-794c33555f704047e4014d4601b3972cfbfe7e50.tar.bz2 |
Merge branch 'acpi-pm'
* acpi-pm:
ACPI / PM: Fix acpi_pm_notifier_lock vs flush_workqueue() deadlock
ACPI / LPSS: Consolidate runtime PM and system sleep handling
ACPI / PM: Combine device suspend routines
ACPI / LPIT: Add Low Power Idle Table (LPIT) support
ACPI / PM: Split code validating need for runtime resume in ->prepare()
ACPI / PM: Restore acpi_subsys_complete()
ACPI / PM: Combine two identical device resume routines
ACPI / PM: Remove stale function header
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/acpi/lpit.txt | 25 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/lpit.txt b/Documentation/acpi/lpit.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b426398d2e97 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/acpi/lpit.txt @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +To enumerate platform Low Power Idle states, Intel platforms are using +“Low Power Idle Table” (LPIT). More details about this table can be +downloaded from: +http://www.uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/Intel_ACPI_Low_Power_S0_Idle.pdf + +Residencies for each low power state can be read via FFH +(Function fixed hardware) or a memory mapped interface. + +On platforms supporting S0ix sleep states, there can be two types of +residencies: +- CPU PKG C10 (Read via FFH interface) +- Platform Controller Hub (PCH) SLP_S0 (Read via memory mapped interface) + +The following attributes are added dynamically to the cpuidle +sysfs attribute group: + /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/low_power_idle_cpu_residency_us + /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/low_power_idle_system_residency_us + +The "low_power_idle_cpu_residency_us" attribute shows time spent +by the CPU package in PKG C10 + +The "low_power_idle_system_residency_us" attribute shows SLP_S0 +residency, or system time spent with the SLP_S0# signal asserted. +This is the lowest possible system power state, achieved only when CPU is in +PKG C10 and all functional blocks in PCH are in a low power state. |