1ec8f24b7SThomas Gleixner# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only 2bb0a56ecSDave Jonesmenu "CPU Frequency scaling" 3bb0a56ecSDave Jones 41da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ 51da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "CPU Frequency scaling" 61da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 71da177e4SLinus Torvalds CPU Frequency scaling allows you to change the clock speed of 81da177e4SLinus Torvalds CPUs on the fly. This is a nice method to save power, because 91da177e4SLinus Torvalds the lower the CPU clock speed, the less power the CPU consumes. 101da177e4SLinus Torvalds 111da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that this driver doesn't automatically change the CPU 121da177e4SLinus Torvalds clock speed, you need to either enable a dynamic cpufreq governor 131da177e4SLinus Torvalds (see below) after boot, or use a userspace tool. 141da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15733dda9cSAlexander Monakov For details, take a look at 16733dda9cSAlexander Monakov <file:Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst>. 171da177e4SLinus Torvalds 181da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 191da177e4SLinus Torvalds 201da177e4SLinus Torvaldsif CPU_FREQ 211da177e4SLinus Torvalds 222d0c58adSRafael J. Wysockiconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_ATTR_SET 232d0c58adSRafael J. Wysocki bool 242d0c58adSRafael J. Wysocki 251e15f295SLarry Fingerconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON 262d0c58adSRafael J. Wysocki select CPU_FREQ_GOV_ATTR_SET 27e6f03657SRafael J. Wysocki select IRQ_WORK 281e15f295SLarry Finger bool 291e15f295SLarry Finger 301da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_STAT 311aefc75bSRafael J. Wysocki bool "CPU frequency transition statistics" 321da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 331aefc75bSRafael J. Wysocki Export CPU frequency statistics information through sysfs. 349101be53SMike Frysinger 359101be53SMike Frysinger If in doubt, say N. 361da177e4SLinus Torvalds 371da177e4SLinus Torvaldschoice 381da177e4SLinus Torvalds prompt "Default CPUFreq governor" 39349619f0SArnd Bergmann default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE if ARM_SA1110_CPUFREQ 40f259eab3SValentin Schneider default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_SCHEDUTIL if ARM64 || ARM 41a4ba10bfSMario Limonciello default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_SCHEDUTIL if (X86_INTEL_PSTATE || X86_AMD_PSTATE) && SMP 421da177e4SLinus Torvalds default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE 431da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 441da177e4SLinus Torvalds This option sets which CPUFreq governor shall be loaded at 45a00ec387SRafael J. Wysocki startup. If in doubt, use the default setting. 461da177e4SLinus Torvalds 471da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE 481da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "performance" 491da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 501da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 511da177e4SLinus Torvalds Use the CPUFreq governor 'performance' as default. This sets 521da177e4SLinus Torvalds the frequency statically to the highest frequency supported by 531da177e4SLinus Torvalds the CPU. 541da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5530d221dbSAlessandro Guidoconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_POWERSAVE 5630d221dbSAlessandro Guido bool "powersave" 5730d221dbSAlessandro Guido select CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE 5830d221dbSAlessandro Guido help 5930d221dbSAlessandro Guido Use the CPUFreq governor 'powersave' as default. This sets 6030d221dbSAlessandro Guido the frequency statically to the lowest frequency supported by 6130d221dbSAlessandro Guido the CPU. 6230d221dbSAlessandro Guido 631da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE 641da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "userspace" 651da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE 661da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 671da177e4SLinus Torvalds Use the CPUFreq governor 'userspace' as default. This allows 680211a9c8SFrederik Schwarzer you to set the CPU frequency manually or when a userspace 691da177e4SLinus Torvalds program shall be able to set the CPU dynamically without having 701da177e4SLinus Torvalds to enable the userspace governor manually. 711da177e4SLinus Torvalds 721c256245SThomas Renningerconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_ONDEMAND 731c256245SThomas Renninger bool "ondemand" 74db865272SRafael J. Wysocki depends on !(X86_INTEL_PSTATE && SMP) 751c256245SThomas Renninger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND 761c256245SThomas Renninger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 771c256245SThomas Renninger help 781c256245SThomas Renninger Use the CPUFreq governor 'ondemand' as default. This allows 791c256245SThomas Renninger you to get a full dynamic frequency capable system by simply 801c256245SThomas Renninger loading your cpufreq low-level hardware driver. 811c256245SThomas Renninger Be aware that not all cpufreq drivers support the ondemand 821c256245SThomas Renninger governor. If unsure have a look at the help section of the 831c256245SThomas Renninger driver. Fallback governor will be the performance governor. 841c256245SThomas Renninger 851c256245SThomas Renningerconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_CONSERVATIVE 861c256245SThomas Renninger bool "conservative" 87db865272SRafael J. Wysocki depends on !(X86_INTEL_PSTATE && SMP) 881c256245SThomas Renninger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE 891c256245SThomas Renninger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 901c256245SThomas Renninger help 911c256245SThomas Renninger Use the CPUFreq governor 'conservative' as default. This allows 921c256245SThomas Renninger you to get a full dynamic frequency capable system by simply 931c256245SThomas Renninger loading your cpufreq low-level hardware driver. 941c256245SThomas Renninger Be aware that not all cpufreq drivers support the conservative 951c256245SThomas Renninger governor. If unsure have a look at the help section of the 961c256245SThomas Renninger driver. Fallback governor will be the performance governor. 979bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki 989bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysockiconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_SCHEDUTIL 999bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki bool "schedutil" 100cfe9492fSArnd Bergmann depends on SMP 1019bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki select CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHEDUTIL 1029bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 1039bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki help 1049bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki Use the 'schedutil' CPUFreq governor by default. If unsure, 1059bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki have a look at the help section of that governor. The fallback 1069bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki governor will be 'performance'. 1079bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki 1081da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendchoice 1091da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1101da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 1111da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "'performance' governor" 1121da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1131da177e4SLinus Torvalds This cpufreq governor sets the frequency statically to the 1141da177e4SLinus Torvalds highest available CPU frequency. 1151da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1169101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1179101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_performance. 1189101be53SMike Frysinger 1191da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say Y. 1201da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1211da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE 1221da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "'powersave' governor" 1231da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1241da177e4SLinus Torvalds This cpufreq governor sets the frequency statically to the 1251da177e4SLinus Torvalds lowest available CPU frequency. 1261da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1279101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1289101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_powersave. 1299101be53SMike Frysinger 1301da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say Y. 1311da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1321da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE 1331da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "'userspace' governor for userspace frequency scaling" 1341da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1351da177e4SLinus Torvalds Enable this cpufreq governor when you either want to set the 1360211a9c8SFrederik Schwarzer CPU frequency manually or when a userspace program shall 1371da177e4SLinus Torvalds be able to set the CPU dynamically, like on LART 1384c41251eSErik Mouw <http://www.lartmaker.nl/>. 1391da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1409101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1419101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_userspace. 1429101be53SMike Frysinger 1431da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say Y. 1441da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1451da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND 1461da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "'ondemand' cpufreq policy governor" 1471e15f295SLarry Finger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON 1481da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1491da177e4SLinus Torvalds 'ondemand' - This driver adds a dynamic cpufreq policy governor. 1501da177e4SLinus Torvalds The governor does a periodic polling and 1511da177e4SLinus Torvalds changes frequency based on the CPU utilization. 1521da177e4SLinus Torvalds The support for this governor depends on CPU capability to 1531da177e4SLinus Torvalds do fast frequency switching (i.e, very low latency frequency 1541da177e4SLinus Torvalds transitions). 1551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1569101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1579101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_ondemand. 1589101be53SMike Frysinger 159733dda9cSAlexander Monakov For details, take a look at 160733dda9cSAlexander Monakov <file:Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst>. 1611da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1621da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 1631da177e4SLinus Torvalds 164b9170836SDave Jonesconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE 165b9170836SDave Jones tristate "'conservative' cpufreq governor" 166b9170836SDave Jones depends on CPU_FREQ 1671e15f295SLarry Finger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON 168b9170836SDave Jones help 169b9170836SDave Jones 'conservative' - this driver is rather similar to the 'ondemand' 170b9170836SDave Jones governor both in its source code and its purpose, the difference is 171b9170836SDave Jones its optimisation for better suitability in a battery powered 172b9170836SDave Jones environment. The frequency is gracefully increased and decreased 173b9170836SDave Jones rather than jumping to 100% when speed is required. 174b9170836SDave Jones 175b9170836SDave Jones If you have a desktop machine then you should really be considering 176b9170836SDave Jones the 'ondemand' governor instead, however if you are using a laptop, 177b9170836SDave Jones PDA or even an AMD64 based computer (due to the unacceptable 178b9170836SDave Jones step-by-step latency issues between the minimum and maximum frequency 179b9170836SDave Jones transitions in the CPU) you will probably want to use this governor. 180b9170836SDave Jones 1819101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1829101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_conservative. 1839101be53SMike Frysinger 184733dda9cSAlexander Monakov For details, take a look at 185733dda9cSAlexander Monakov <file:Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst>. 186b9170836SDave Jones 187b9170836SDave Jones If in doubt, say N. 188b9170836SDave Jones 1899bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysockiconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHEDUTIL 19058919e83SRafael J. Wysocki bool "'schedutil' cpufreq policy governor" 191bf7cdff1SRafael J. Wysocki depends on CPU_FREQ && SMP 1929bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki select CPU_FREQ_GOV_ATTR_SET 1939bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki select IRQ_WORK 1949bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki help 1959bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki This governor makes decisions based on the utilization data provided 1969bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki by the scheduler. It sets the CPU frequency to be proportional to 1979bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki the utilization/capacity ratio coming from the scheduler. If the 1989bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki utilization is frequency-invariant, the new frequency is also 1999bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki proportional to the maximum available frequency. If that is not the 2009bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki case, it is proportional to the current frequency of the CPU. The 2019bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki frequency tipping point is at utilization/capacity equal to 80% in 2029bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki both cases. 2039bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki 2049bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki If in doubt, say N. 2059bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki 206f41f4815SViresh Kumarcomment "CPU frequency scaling drivers" 207f41f4815SViresh Kumar 208bbcf0719SViresh Kumarconfig CPUFREQ_DT 209bbcf0719SViresh Kumar tristate "Generic DT based cpufreq driver" 2105fbfbcd3SViresh Kumar depends on HAVE_CLK && OF 211f56aad1dSViresh Kumar select CPUFREQ_DT_PLATDEV 212109df086SMark Brown select PM_OPP 21395ceafd4SShawn Guo help 214bbcf0719SViresh Kumar This adds a generic DT based cpufreq driver for frequency management. 21595ceafd4SShawn Guo It supports both uniprocessor (UP) and symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) 21633cc4fc1SViresh Kumar systems. 21795ceafd4SShawn Guo 21895ceafd4SShawn Guo If in doubt, say N. 21995ceafd4SShawn Guo 2204fd06a53SDavid Daiconfig CPUFREQ_VIRT 2214fd06a53SDavid Dai tristate "Virtual cpufreq driver" 2224fd06a53SDavid Dai depends on GENERIC_ARCH_TOPOLOGY 2234fd06a53SDavid Dai help 2244fd06a53SDavid Dai This adds a virtualized cpufreq driver for guest kernels that 2254fd06a53SDavid Dai read/writes to a MMIO region for a virtualized cpufreq device to 2264fd06a53SDavid Dai communicate with the host. It sends performance requests to the host 2274fd06a53SDavid Dai which gets used as a hint to schedule vCPU threads and select CPU 2284fd06a53SDavid Dai frequency. If a VM does not support a virtualized FIE such as AMUs, 2294fd06a53SDavid Dai it updates the frequency scaling factor by polling host CPU frequency 2304fd06a53SDavid Dai to enable accurate Per-Entity Load Tracking for tasks running in the guest. 2314fd06a53SDavid Dai 2324fd06a53SDavid Dai If in doubt, say N. 2334fd06a53SDavid Dai 234f56aad1dSViresh Kumarconfig CPUFREQ_DT_PLATDEV 235*f1f010c9SAndreas Kemnade bool "Generic DT based cpufreq platdev driver" 2360b76cc3eSViresh Kumar depends on OF 237f56aad1dSViresh Kumar help 238f56aad1dSViresh Kumar This adds a generic DT based cpufreq platdev driver for frequency 239f56aad1dSViresh Kumar management. This creates a 'cpufreq-dt' platform device, on the 240f56aad1dSViresh Kumar supported platforms. 241f56aad1dSViresh Kumar 242f56aad1dSViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 243f56aad1dSViresh Kumar 244f41f4815SViresh Kumarif X86 245bb0a56ecSDave Jonessource "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86" 246f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 247bb0a56ecSDave Jones 248f7d77079SKukjin Kimsource "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.arm" 249f7d77079SKukjin Kim 250f41f4815SViresh Kumarif PPC32 || PPC64 251f41f4815SViresh Kumarsource "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.powerpc" 252f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 25381c720c9SViresh Kumar 254f41f4815SViresh Kumarif MIPS 255cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayerconfig BMIPS_CPUFREQ 256cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer tristate "BMIPS CPUfreq Driver" 257cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer help 258cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer This option adds a CPUfreq driver for BMIPS processors with 259cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer support for configurable CPU frequency. 260cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer 261cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer For now, BMIPS5 chips are supported (such as the Broadcom 7425). 262cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer 263cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer If in doubt, say N. 264cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer 2657a998935SViresh Kumarconfig LOONGSON2_CPUFREQ 2667a998935SViresh Kumar tristate "Loongson2 CPUFreq Driver" 2670d307935SJames Hogan depends on LEMOTE_MACH2F 2687a998935SViresh Kumar help 2697a998935SViresh Kumar This option adds a CPUFreq driver for loongson processors which 2707a998935SViresh Kumar support software configurable cpu frequency. 2717a998935SViresh Kumar 2729d822ccfSRandy Dunlap Loongson2F and its successors support this feature. 2737a998935SViresh Kumar 2747a998935SViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 275f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 276a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung 277ccf51454SHuacai Chenif LOONGARCH 278ccf51454SHuacai Chenconfig LOONGSON3_CPUFREQ 279ccf51454SHuacai Chen tristate "Loongson3 CPUFreq Driver" 280ccf51454SHuacai Chen help 281ccf51454SHuacai Chen This option adds a CPUFreq driver for Loongson processors which 282ccf51454SHuacai Chen support software configurable cpu frequency. 283ccf51454SHuacai Chen 284ccf51454SHuacai Chen Loongson-3 family processors support this feature. 285ccf51454SHuacai Chen 286ccf51454SHuacai Chen If in doubt, say N. 287ccf51454SHuacai Chenendif 288ccf51454SHuacai Chen 289f41f4815SViresh Kumarif SPARC64 290764295aeSViresh Kumarconfig SPARC_US3_CPUFREQ 291764295aeSViresh Kumar tristate "UltraSPARC-III CPU Frequency driver" 292764295aeSViresh Kumar help 293764295aeSViresh Kumar This adds the CPUFreq driver for UltraSPARC-III processors. 294764295aeSViresh Kumar 295764295aeSViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 296764295aeSViresh Kumar 297764295aeSViresh Kumarconfig SPARC_US2E_CPUFREQ 298764295aeSViresh Kumar tristate "UltraSPARC-IIe CPU Frequency driver" 299764295aeSViresh Kumar help 300764295aeSViresh Kumar This adds the CPUFreq driver for UltraSPARC-IIe processors. 301764295aeSViresh Kumar 302764295aeSViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 303f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 304764295aeSViresh Kumar 305f41f4815SViresh Kumarif SUPERH 3067258267eSViresh Kumarconfig SH_CPU_FREQ 3077258267eSViresh Kumar tristate "SuperH CPU Frequency driver" 3087258267eSViresh Kumar help 3097258267eSViresh Kumar This adds the cpufreq driver for SuperH. Any CPU that supports 3107258267eSViresh Kumar clock rate rounding through the clock framework can use this 3117258267eSViresh Kumar driver. While it will make the kernel slightly larger, this is 3127258267eSViresh Kumar harmless for CPUs that don't support rate rounding. The driver 3137258267eSViresh Kumar will also generate a notice in the boot log before disabling 3147258267eSViresh Kumar itself if the CPU in question is not capable of rate rounding. 3157258267eSViresh Kumar 3167258267eSViresh Kumar If unsure, say N. 317f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 3187258267eSViresh Kumar 3192f249358STang Yuantianconfig QORIQ_CPUFREQ 3202f249358STang Yuantian tristate "CPU frequency scaling driver for Freescale QorIQ SoCs" 3211f1755afSGeert Uytterhoeven depends on OF && COMMON_CLK 3221f1755afSGeert Uytterhoeven depends on PPC_E500MC || SOC_LS1021A || ARCH_LAYERSCAPE || COMPILE_TEST 3232f249358STang Yuantian select CLK_QORIQ 3242f249358STang Yuantian help 3252f249358STang Yuantian This adds the CPUFreq driver support for Freescale QorIQ SoCs 3262f249358STang Yuantian which are capable of changing the CPU's frequency dynamically. 3272f249358STang Yuantian 3287ee13787SSunil V Lconfig ACPI_CPPC_CPUFREQ 3297ee13787SSunil V L tristate "CPUFreq driver based on the ACPI CPPC spec" 3307ee13787SSunil V L depends on ACPI_PROCESSOR 3317ee13787SSunil V L depends on ARM || ARM64 || RISCV 3327ee13787SSunil V L select ACPI_CPPC_LIB 3337ee13787SSunil V L help 3347ee13787SSunil V L This adds a CPUFreq driver which uses CPPC methods 3357ee13787SSunil V L as described in the ACPIv5.1 spec. CPPC stands for 3367ee13787SSunil V L Collaborative Processor Performance Controls. It 3377ee13787SSunil V L is based on an abstract continuous scale of CPU 3387ee13787SSunil V L performance values which allows the remote power 3397ee13787SSunil V L processor to flexibly optimize for power and 3407ee13787SSunil V L performance. CPPC relies on power management firmware 3417ee13787SSunil V L support for its operation. 3427ee13787SSunil V L 3437ee13787SSunil V L If in doubt, say N. 3447ee13787SSunil V L 3457ee13787SSunil V Lconfig ACPI_CPPC_CPUFREQ_FIE 3467ee13787SSunil V L bool "Frequency Invariance support for CPPC cpufreq driver" 3477ee13787SSunil V L depends on ACPI_CPPC_CPUFREQ && GENERIC_ARCH_TOPOLOGY 3487ee13787SSunil V L depends on ARM || ARM64 || RISCV 3497ee13787SSunil V L default y 3507ee13787SSunil V L help 3517ee13787SSunil V L This extends frequency invariance support in the CPPC cpufreq driver, 3527ee13787SSunil V L by using CPPC delivered and reference performance counters. 3537ee13787SSunil V L 3547ee13787SSunil V L If in doubt, say N. 3557ee13787SSunil V L 3567e265fc0SViresh Kumarendif 3577e265fc0SViresh Kumar 358bb0a56ecSDave Jonesendmenu 359