From 9e421b8fffb92bfd1c274f1deae611a6ab99d8a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 12:09:51 +0200 Subject: Documentation: admin-guide: intel_pstate: Fix sysfs path Fix an incorrect sysfs path in the intel_pstate admin-guide documentation. Fixes: 33fc30b47098 (cpufreq: intel_pstate: Document the current behavior and user interface) Reported-by: Pawit Pornkitprasan Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki --- Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide') diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst index 8b9164990956..d74fb572f6cc 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst @@ -324,8 +324,7 @@ Global Attributes ``intel_pstate`` exposes several global attributes (files) in ``sysfs`` to control its functionality at the system level. They are located in the -``/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/intel_pstate/`` directory and affect all -CPUs. +``/sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/`` directory and affect all CPUs. Some of them are not present if the ``intel_pstate=per_cpu_perf_limits`` argument is passed to the kernel in the command line. -- cgit v1.2.3 From 649f53a3e4cf6873741673b9271275e484c56194 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 17:20:43 +0200 Subject: Documentation: intel_pstate: Describe hwp_dynamic_boost sysfs knob Document the recently introduced hwp_dynamic_boost sysfs knob allowing user space to tell intel_pstate to use iowait boosting in the active mode with HWP enabled (to improve performance). Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki Acked-by: Srinivas Pandruvada --- Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide') diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst index d74fb572f6cc..8f1d3de449b5 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst @@ -378,6 +378,17 @@ argument is passed to the kernel in the command line. but it affects the maximum possible value of per-policy P-state limits (see `Interpretation of Policy Attributes`_ below for details). +``hwp_dynamic_boost`` + This attribute is only present if ``intel_pstate`` works in the + `active mode with the HWP feature enabled `_ in + the processor. If set (equal to 1), it causes the minimum P-state limit + to be increased dynamically for a short time whenever a task previously + waiting on I/O is selected to run on a given logical CPU (the purpose + of this mechanism is to improve performance). + + This setting has no effect on logical CPUs whose minimum P-state limit + is directly set to the highest non-turbo P-state or above it. + .. _status_attr: ``status`` -- cgit v1.2.3 From c0addc9a5ba88350a3d9365a73290e34dc238b70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Laurentiu Tudor Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2018 16:31:42 +0300 Subject: docs: kernel-parameters.txt: document xhci-hcd.quirks parameter This parameter introduced several years ago in the XHCI host controller driver was somehow left undocumented. Add a few lines in the kernel parameters text. Signed-off-by: Laurentiu Tudor Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide') diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index efc7aa7a0670..533ff5c68970 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -4846,3 +4846,8 @@ xirc2ps_cs= [NET,PCMCIA] Format: ,,,,,[,[,[,]]] + + xhci-hcd.quirks [USB,KNL] + A hex value specifying bitmask with supplemental xhci + host controller quirks. Meaning of each bit can be + consulted in header drivers/usb/host/xhci.h. -- cgit v1.2.3