1bb0a56ecSDave Jonesmenu "CPU Frequency scaling" 2bb0a56ecSDave Jones 31da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ 41da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "CPU Frequency scaling" 583fe27eaSPranith Kumar select SRCU 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 151da177e4SLinus Torvalds For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>. 161da177e4SLinus Torvalds 171da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 181da177e4SLinus Torvalds 191da177e4SLinus Torvaldsif CPU_FREQ 201da177e4SLinus Torvalds 212d0c58adSRafael J. Wysockiconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_ATTR_SET 222d0c58adSRafael J. Wysocki bool 232d0c58adSRafael J. Wysocki 241e15f295SLarry Fingerconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON 252d0c58adSRafael J. Wysocki select CPU_FREQ_GOV_ATTR_SET 26e6f03657SRafael J. Wysocki select IRQ_WORK 271e15f295SLarry Finger bool 281e15f295SLarry Finger 292fb4719bSLukasz Majewskiconfig CPU_FREQ_BOOST_SW 302fb4719bSLukasz Majewski bool 312fb4719bSLukasz Majewski depends on THERMAL 322fb4719bSLukasz Majewski 331da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_STAT 341aefc75bSRafael J. Wysocki bool "CPU frequency transition statistics" 351da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 361aefc75bSRafael J. Wysocki Export CPU frequency statistics information through sysfs. 379101be53SMike Frysinger 389101be53SMike Frysinger If in doubt, say N. 391da177e4SLinus Torvalds 401da177e4SLinus Torvaldschoice 411da177e4SLinus Torvalds prompt "Default CPUFreq governor" 42559f56c7SAlexander Shiyan default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE if ARM_SA1100_CPUFREQ || ARM_SA1110_CPUFREQ 431da177e4SLinus Torvalds default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE 441da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 451da177e4SLinus Torvalds This option sets which CPUFreq governor shall be loaded at 461da177e4SLinus Torvalds startup. If in doubt, select 'performance'. 471da177e4SLinus Torvalds 481da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE 491da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "performance" 501da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 511da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 521da177e4SLinus Torvalds Use the CPUFreq governor 'performance' as default. This sets 531da177e4SLinus Torvalds the frequency statically to the highest frequency supported by 541da177e4SLinus Torvalds the CPU. 551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5630d221dbSAlessandro Guidoconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_POWERSAVE 5730d221dbSAlessandro Guido bool "powersave" 5830d221dbSAlessandro Guido select CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE 5930d221dbSAlessandro Guido help 6030d221dbSAlessandro Guido Use the CPUFreq governor 'powersave' as default. This sets 6130d221dbSAlessandro Guido the frequency statically to the lowest frequency supported by 6230d221dbSAlessandro Guido the CPU. 6330d221dbSAlessandro Guido 641da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE 651da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "userspace" 661da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE 671da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 681da177e4SLinus Torvalds Use the CPUFreq governor 'userspace' as default. This allows 690211a9c8SFrederik Schwarzer you to set the CPU frequency manually or when a userspace 701da177e4SLinus Torvalds program shall be able to set the CPU dynamically without having 711da177e4SLinus Torvalds to enable the userspace governor manually. 721da177e4SLinus Torvalds 731c256245SThomas Renningerconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_ONDEMAND 741c256245SThomas Renninger bool "ondemand" 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" 871c256245SThomas Renninger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE 881c256245SThomas Renninger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 891c256245SThomas Renninger help 901c256245SThomas Renninger Use the CPUFreq governor 'conservative' as default. This allows 911c256245SThomas Renninger you to get a full dynamic frequency capable system by simply 921c256245SThomas Renninger loading your cpufreq low-level hardware driver. 931c256245SThomas Renninger Be aware that not all cpufreq drivers support the conservative 941c256245SThomas Renninger governor. If unsure have a look at the help section of the 951c256245SThomas Renninger driver. Fallback governor will be the performance governor. 969bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki 979bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysockiconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_SCHEDUTIL 989bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki bool "schedutil" 99cfe9492fSArnd Bergmann depends on SMP 1009bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki select CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHEDUTIL 1019bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 1029bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki help 1039bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki Use the 'schedutil' CPUFreq governor by default. If unsure, 1049bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki have a look at the help section of that governor. The fallback 1059bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki governor will be 'performance'. 1069bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki 1071da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendchoice 1081da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1091da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 1101da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "'performance' governor" 1111da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1121da177e4SLinus Torvalds This cpufreq governor sets the frequency statically to the 1131da177e4SLinus Torvalds highest available CPU frequency. 1141da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1159101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1169101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_performance. 1179101be53SMike Frysinger 1181da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say Y. 1191da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1201da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE 1211da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "'powersave' governor" 1221da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1231da177e4SLinus Torvalds This cpufreq governor sets the frequency statically to the 1241da177e4SLinus Torvalds lowest available CPU frequency. 1251da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1269101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1279101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_powersave. 1289101be53SMike Frysinger 1291da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say Y. 1301da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1311da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE 1321da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "'userspace' governor for userspace frequency scaling" 1331da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1341da177e4SLinus Torvalds Enable this cpufreq governor when you either want to set the 1350211a9c8SFrederik Schwarzer CPU frequency manually or when a userspace program shall 1361da177e4SLinus Torvalds be able to set the CPU dynamically, like on LART 1374c41251eSErik Mouw <http://www.lartmaker.nl/>. 1381da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1399101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1409101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_userspace. 1419101be53SMike Frysinger 1421da177e4SLinus Torvalds For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>. 1431da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1441da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say Y. 1451da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1461da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND 1471da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "'ondemand' cpufreq policy governor" 1481e15f295SLarry Finger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON 1491da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1501da177e4SLinus Torvalds 'ondemand' - This driver adds a dynamic cpufreq policy governor. 1511da177e4SLinus Torvalds The governor does a periodic polling and 1521da177e4SLinus Torvalds changes frequency based on the CPU utilization. 1531da177e4SLinus Torvalds The support for this governor depends on CPU capability to 1541da177e4SLinus Torvalds do fast frequency switching (i.e, very low latency frequency 1551da177e4SLinus Torvalds transitions). 1561da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1579101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1589101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_ondemand. 1599101be53SMike Frysinger 1601da177e4SLinus Torvalds For details, take a look at linux/Documentation/cpu-freq. 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 184b9170836SDave Jones For details, take a look at linux/Documentation/cpu-freq. 185b9170836SDave Jones 186b9170836SDave Jones If in doubt, say N. 187b9170836SDave Jones 1889bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysockiconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHEDUTIL 18958919e83SRafael J. Wysocki bool "'schedutil' cpufreq policy governor" 190bf7cdff1SRafael J. Wysocki depends on CPU_FREQ && SMP 1919bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki select CPU_FREQ_GOV_ATTR_SET 1929bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki select IRQ_WORK 1939bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki help 1949bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki This governor makes decisions based on the utilization data provided 1959bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki by the scheduler. It sets the CPU frequency to be proportional to 1969bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki the utilization/capacity ratio coming from the scheduler. If the 1979bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki utilization is frequency-invariant, the new frequency is also 1989bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki proportional to the maximum available frequency. If that is not the 1999bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki case, it is proportional to the current frequency of the CPU. The 2009bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki frequency tipping point is at utilization/capacity equal to 80% in 2019bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki both cases. 2029bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki 2039bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki If in doubt, say N. 2049bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki 205f41f4815SViresh Kumarcomment "CPU frequency scaling drivers" 206f41f4815SViresh Kumar 207bbcf0719SViresh Kumarconfig CPUFREQ_DT 208bbcf0719SViresh Kumar tristate "Generic DT based cpufreq driver" 2095fbfbcd3SViresh Kumar depends on HAVE_CLK && OF 210bbcf0719SViresh Kumar # if CPU_THERMAL is on and THERMAL=m, CPUFREQ_DT cannot be =y: 211217886d3SArnd Bergmann depends on !CPU_THERMAL || THERMAL 212f56aad1dSViresh Kumar select CPUFREQ_DT_PLATDEV 213109df086SMark Brown select PM_OPP 21495ceafd4SShawn Guo help 215bbcf0719SViresh Kumar This adds a generic DT based cpufreq driver for frequency management. 21695ceafd4SShawn Guo It supports both uniprocessor (UP) and symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) 21733cc4fc1SViresh Kumar systems. 21895ceafd4SShawn Guo 21995ceafd4SShawn Guo If in doubt, say N. 22095ceafd4SShawn Guo 221f56aad1dSViresh Kumarconfig CPUFREQ_DT_PLATDEV 222f56aad1dSViresh Kumar bool 223f56aad1dSViresh Kumar help 224f56aad1dSViresh Kumar This adds a generic DT based cpufreq platdev driver for frequency 225f56aad1dSViresh Kumar management. This creates a 'cpufreq-dt' platform device, on the 226f56aad1dSViresh Kumar supported platforms. 227f56aad1dSViresh Kumar 228f56aad1dSViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 229f56aad1dSViresh Kumar 230f41f4815SViresh Kumarif X86 231bb0a56ecSDave Jonessource "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86" 232f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 233bb0a56ecSDave Jones 234f41f4815SViresh Kumarif ARM || ARM64 235f7d77079SKukjin Kimsource "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.arm" 236f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 237f7d77079SKukjin Kim 238f41f4815SViresh Kumarif PPC32 || PPC64 239f41f4815SViresh Kumarsource "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.powerpc" 240f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 24181c720c9SViresh Kumar 242f41f4815SViresh Kumarif AVR32 24381c720c9SViresh Kumarconfig AVR32_AT32AP_CPUFREQ 24481c720c9SViresh Kumar bool "CPU frequency driver for AT32AP" 24581c720c9SViresh Kumar depends on PLATFORM_AT32AP 24681c720c9SViresh Kumar default n 24781c720c9SViresh Kumar help 24881c720c9SViresh Kumar This enables the CPU frequency driver for AT32AP processors. 24981c720c9SViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 250f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 25181c720c9SViresh Kumar 252f41f4815SViresh Kumarif IA64 253ab423e43SViresh Kumarconfig IA64_ACPI_CPUFREQ 254ab423e43SViresh Kumar tristate "ACPI Processor P-States driver" 255ab423e43SViresh Kumar depends on ACPI_PROCESSOR 256ab423e43SViresh Kumar help 257ab423e43SViresh Kumar This driver adds a CPUFreq driver which utilizes the ACPI 258ab423e43SViresh Kumar Processor Performance States. 259ab423e43SViresh Kumar 260ab423e43SViresh Kumar For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>. 261ab423e43SViresh Kumar 262ab423e43SViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 263f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 264ab423e43SViresh Kumar 265f41f4815SViresh Kumarif MIPS 266cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayerconfig BMIPS_CPUFREQ 267cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer tristate "BMIPS CPUfreq Driver" 268cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer help 269cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer This option adds a CPUfreq driver for BMIPS processors with 270cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer support for configurable CPU frequency. 271cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer 272cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer For now, BMIPS5 chips are supported (such as the Broadcom 7425). 273cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer 274cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer If in doubt, say N. 275cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer 2767a998935SViresh Kumarconfig LOONGSON2_CPUFREQ 2777a998935SViresh Kumar tristate "Loongson2 CPUFreq Driver" 278*0d307935SJames Hogan depends on LEMOTE_MACH2F 2797a998935SViresh Kumar help 2807a998935SViresh Kumar This option adds a CPUFreq driver for loongson processors which 2817a998935SViresh Kumar support software configurable cpu frequency. 2827a998935SViresh Kumar 2837a998935SViresh Kumar Loongson2F and it's successors support this feature. 2847a998935SViresh Kumar 2857a998935SViresh Kumar For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>. 2867a998935SViresh Kumar 2877a998935SViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 2887a998935SViresh Kumar 289a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheungconfig LOONGSON1_CPUFREQ 290a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung tristate "Loongson1 CPUFreq Driver" 291*0d307935SJames Hogan depends on LOONGSON1_LS1B 292a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung help 293a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung This option adds a CPUFreq driver for loongson1 processors which 294a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung support software configurable cpu frequency. 295a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung 296a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>. 297a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung 298a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung If in doubt, say N. 299f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 300a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung 301f41f4815SViresh Kumarif SPARC64 302764295aeSViresh Kumarconfig SPARC_US3_CPUFREQ 303764295aeSViresh Kumar tristate "UltraSPARC-III CPU Frequency driver" 304764295aeSViresh Kumar help 305764295aeSViresh Kumar This adds the CPUFreq driver for UltraSPARC-III processors. 306764295aeSViresh Kumar 307764295aeSViresh Kumar For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>. 308764295aeSViresh Kumar 309764295aeSViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 310764295aeSViresh Kumar 311764295aeSViresh Kumarconfig SPARC_US2E_CPUFREQ 312764295aeSViresh Kumar tristate "UltraSPARC-IIe CPU Frequency driver" 313764295aeSViresh Kumar help 314764295aeSViresh Kumar This adds the CPUFreq driver for UltraSPARC-IIe processors. 315764295aeSViresh Kumar 316764295aeSViresh Kumar For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>. 317764295aeSViresh Kumar 318764295aeSViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 319f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 320764295aeSViresh Kumar 321f41f4815SViresh Kumarif SUPERH 3227258267eSViresh Kumarconfig SH_CPU_FREQ 3237258267eSViresh Kumar tristate "SuperH CPU Frequency driver" 3247258267eSViresh Kumar help 3257258267eSViresh Kumar This adds the cpufreq driver for SuperH. Any CPU that supports 3267258267eSViresh Kumar clock rate rounding through the clock framework can use this 3277258267eSViresh Kumar driver. While it will make the kernel slightly larger, this is 3287258267eSViresh Kumar harmless for CPUs that don't support rate rounding. The driver 3297258267eSViresh Kumar will also generate a notice in the boot log before disabling 3307258267eSViresh Kumar itself if the CPU in question is not capable of rate rounding. 3317258267eSViresh Kumar 3327258267eSViresh Kumar For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>. 3337258267eSViresh Kumar 3347258267eSViresh Kumar If unsure, say N. 335f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 3367258267eSViresh Kumar 3372f249358STang Yuantianconfig QORIQ_CPUFREQ 3382f249358STang Yuantian tristate "CPU frequency scaling driver for Freescale QorIQ SoCs" 3395026ac23STang Yuantian depends on OF && COMMON_CLK && (PPC_E500MC || ARM || ARM64) 340ddd30ef4SArnd Bergmann depends on !CPU_THERMAL || THERMAL 3412f249358STang Yuantian select CLK_QORIQ 3422f249358STang Yuantian help 3432f249358STang Yuantian This adds the CPUFreq driver support for Freescale QorIQ SoCs 3442f249358STang Yuantian which are capable of changing the CPU's frequency dynamically. 3452f249358STang Yuantian 346bb0a56ecSDave Jonesendif 347bb0a56ecSDave Jonesendmenu 348