1bb0a56ecSDave Jonesmenu "CPU Frequency scaling" 2bb0a56ecSDave Jones 31da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ 41da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "CPU Frequency scaling" 51da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 61da177e4SLinus Torvalds CPU Frequency scaling allows you to change the clock speed of 71da177e4SLinus Torvalds CPUs on the fly. This is a nice method to save power, because 81da177e4SLinus Torvalds the lower the CPU clock speed, the less power the CPU consumes. 91da177e4SLinus Torvalds 101da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that this driver doesn't automatically change the CPU 111da177e4SLinus Torvalds clock speed, you need to either enable a dynamic cpufreq governor 121da177e4SLinus Torvalds (see below) after boot, or use a userspace tool. 131da177e4SLinus Torvalds 141da177e4SLinus Torvalds For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>. 151da177e4SLinus Torvalds 161da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 171da177e4SLinus Torvalds 181da177e4SLinus Torvaldsif CPU_FREQ 191da177e4SLinus Torvalds 201e15f295SLarry Fingerconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON 211e15f295SLarry Finger bool 221e15f295SLarry Finger 231da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_STAT 241da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "CPU frequency translation statistics" 251da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 261da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 271da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver exports CPU frequency statistics information through sysfs 289101be53SMike Frysinger file system. 299101be53SMike Frysinger 309101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 319101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_stats. 329101be53SMike Frysinger 339101be53SMike Frysinger If in doubt, say N. 341da177e4SLinus Torvalds 351da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_STAT_DETAILS 361da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "CPU frequency translation statistics details" 371da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on CPU_FREQ_STAT 381da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 391da177e4SLinus Torvalds This will show detail CPU frequency translation table in sysfs file 409101be53SMike Frysinger system. 419101be53SMike Frysinger 429101be53SMike Frysinger If in doubt, say N. 431da177e4SLinus Torvalds 441da177e4SLinus Torvaldschoice 451da177e4SLinus Torvalds prompt "Default CPUFreq governor" 46559f56c7SAlexander Shiyan default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE if ARM_SA1100_CPUFREQ || ARM_SA1110_CPUFREQ 471da177e4SLinus Torvalds default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE 481da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 491da177e4SLinus Torvalds This option sets which CPUFreq governor shall be loaded at 501da177e4SLinus Torvalds startup. If in doubt, select 'performance'. 511da177e4SLinus Torvalds 521da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE 531da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "performance" 541da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 551da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 561da177e4SLinus Torvalds Use the CPUFreq governor 'performance' as default. This sets 571da177e4SLinus Torvalds the frequency statically to the highest frequency supported by 581da177e4SLinus Torvalds the CPU. 591da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6030d221dbSAlessandro Guidoconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_POWERSAVE 6130d221dbSAlessandro Guido bool "powersave" 626a108a14SDavid Rientjes depends on EXPERT 6330d221dbSAlessandro Guido select CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE 6430d221dbSAlessandro Guido help 6530d221dbSAlessandro Guido Use the CPUFreq governor 'powersave' as default. This sets 6630d221dbSAlessandro Guido the frequency statically to the lowest frequency supported by 6730d221dbSAlessandro Guido the CPU. 6830d221dbSAlessandro Guido 691da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE 701da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "userspace" 711da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE 721da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 731da177e4SLinus Torvalds Use the CPUFreq governor 'userspace' as default. This allows 740211a9c8SFrederik Schwarzer you to set the CPU frequency manually or when a userspace 751da177e4SLinus Torvalds program shall be able to set the CPU dynamically without having 761da177e4SLinus Torvalds to enable the userspace governor manually. 771da177e4SLinus Torvalds 781c256245SThomas Renningerconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_ONDEMAND 791c256245SThomas Renninger bool "ondemand" 801c256245SThomas Renninger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND 811c256245SThomas Renninger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 821c256245SThomas Renninger help 831c256245SThomas Renninger Use the CPUFreq governor 'ondemand' as default. This allows 841c256245SThomas Renninger you to get a full dynamic frequency capable system by simply 851c256245SThomas Renninger loading your cpufreq low-level hardware driver. 861c256245SThomas Renninger Be aware that not all cpufreq drivers support the ondemand 871c256245SThomas Renninger governor. If unsure have a look at the help section of the 881c256245SThomas Renninger driver. Fallback governor will be the performance governor. 891c256245SThomas Renninger 901c256245SThomas Renningerconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_CONSERVATIVE 911c256245SThomas Renninger bool "conservative" 921c256245SThomas Renninger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE 931c256245SThomas Renninger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 941c256245SThomas Renninger help 951c256245SThomas Renninger Use the CPUFreq governor 'conservative' as default. This allows 961c256245SThomas Renninger you to get a full dynamic frequency capable system by simply 971c256245SThomas Renninger loading your cpufreq low-level hardware driver. 981c256245SThomas Renninger Be aware that not all cpufreq drivers support the conservative 991c256245SThomas Renninger governor. If unsure have a look at the help section of the 1001c256245SThomas Renninger driver. Fallback governor will be the performance governor. 1011da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendchoice 1021da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1031da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 1041da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "'performance' governor" 1051da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1061da177e4SLinus Torvalds This cpufreq governor sets the frequency statically to the 1071da177e4SLinus Torvalds highest available CPU frequency. 1081da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1099101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1109101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_performance. 1119101be53SMike Frysinger 1121da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say Y. 1131da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1141da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE 1151da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "'powersave' governor" 1161da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1171da177e4SLinus Torvalds This cpufreq governor sets the frequency statically to the 1181da177e4SLinus Torvalds lowest available CPU frequency. 1191da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1209101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1219101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_powersave. 1229101be53SMike Frysinger 1231da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say Y. 1241da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1251da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE 1261da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "'userspace' governor for userspace frequency scaling" 1271da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1281da177e4SLinus Torvalds Enable this cpufreq governor when you either want to set the 1290211a9c8SFrederik Schwarzer CPU frequency manually or when a userspace program shall 1301da177e4SLinus Torvalds be able to set the CPU dynamically, like on LART 1314c41251eSErik Mouw <http://www.lartmaker.nl/>. 1321da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1339101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1349101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_userspace. 1359101be53SMike Frysinger 1361da177e4SLinus Torvalds For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>. 1371da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1381da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say Y. 1391da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1401da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND 1411da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "'ondemand' cpufreq policy governor" 1421e15f295SLarry Finger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON 1431da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1441da177e4SLinus Torvalds 'ondemand' - This driver adds a dynamic cpufreq policy governor. 1451da177e4SLinus Torvalds The governor does a periodic polling and 1461da177e4SLinus Torvalds changes frequency based on the CPU utilization. 1471da177e4SLinus Torvalds The support for this governor depends on CPU capability to 1481da177e4SLinus Torvalds do fast frequency switching (i.e, very low latency frequency 1491da177e4SLinus Torvalds transitions). 1501da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1519101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1529101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_ondemand. 1539101be53SMike Frysinger 1541da177e4SLinus Torvalds For details, take a look at linux/Documentation/cpu-freq. 1551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1561da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 1571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 158b9170836SDave Jonesconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE 159b9170836SDave Jones tristate "'conservative' cpufreq governor" 160b9170836SDave Jones depends on CPU_FREQ 1611e15f295SLarry Finger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON 162b9170836SDave Jones help 163b9170836SDave Jones 'conservative' - this driver is rather similar to the 'ondemand' 164b9170836SDave Jones governor both in its source code and its purpose, the difference is 165b9170836SDave Jones its optimisation for better suitability in a battery powered 166b9170836SDave Jones environment. The frequency is gracefully increased and decreased 167b9170836SDave Jones rather than jumping to 100% when speed is required. 168b9170836SDave Jones 169b9170836SDave Jones If you have a desktop machine then you should really be considering 170b9170836SDave Jones the 'ondemand' governor instead, however if you are using a laptop, 171b9170836SDave Jones PDA or even an AMD64 based computer (due to the unacceptable 172b9170836SDave Jones step-by-step latency issues between the minimum and maximum frequency 173b9170836SDave Jones transitions in the CPU) you will probably want to use this governor. 174b9170836SDave Jones 1759101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1769101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_conservative. 1779101be53SMike Frysinger 178b9170836SDave Jones For details, take a look at linux/Documentation/cpu-freq. 179b9170836SDave Jones 180b9170836SDave Jones If in doubt, say N. 181b9170836SDave Jones 18295ceafd4SShawn Guoconfig GENERIC_CPUFREQ_CPU0 1835553f9e2SShawn Guo tristate "Generic CPU0 cpufreq driver" 184*109df086SMark Brown depends on HAVE_CLK && REGULATOR && OF 185*109df086SMark Brown select PM_OPP 18695ceafd4SShawn Guo help 18795ceafd4SShawn Guo This adds a generic cpufreq driver for CPU0 frequency management. 18895ceafd4SShawn Guo It supports both uniprocessor (UP) and symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) 18995ceafd4SShawn Guo systems which share clock and voltage across all CPUs. 19095ceafd4SShawn Guo 19195ceafd4SShawn Guo If in doubt, say N. 19295ceafd4SShawn Guo 193bb0a56ecSDave Jonesmenu "x86 CPU frequency scaling drivers" 194bb0a56ecSDave Jonesdepends on X86 195bb0a56ecSDave Jonessource "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86" 196bb0a56ecSDave Jonesendmenu 197bb0a56ecSDave Jones 198f7d77079SKukjin Kimmenu "ARM CPU frequency scaling drivers" 199f7d77079SKukjin Kimdepends on ARM 200f7d77079SKukjin Kimsource "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.arm" 201f7d77079SKukjin Kimendmenu 202f7d77079SKukjin Kim 20381c720c9SViresh Kumarmenu "AVR32 CPU frequency scaling drivers" 20481c720c9SViresh Kumardepends on AVR32 20581c720c9SViresh Kumar 20681c720c9SViresh Kumarconfig AVR32_AT32AP_CPUFREQ 20781c720c9SViresh Kumar bool "CPU frequency driver for AT32AP" 20881c720c9SViresh Kumar depends on PLATFORM_AT32AP 20981c720c9SViresh Kumar default n 21081c720c9SViresh Kumar help 21181c720c9SViresh Kumar This enables the CPU frequency driver for AT32AP processors. 21281c720c9SViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 21381c720c9SViresh Kumar 21481c720c9SViresh Kumarendmenu 21581c720c9SViresh Kumar 216ab423e43SViresh Kumarmenu "CPUFreq processor drivers" 217ab423e43SViresh Kumardepends on IA64 218ab423e43SViresh Kumar 219ab423e43SViresh Kumarconfig IA64_ACPI_CPUFREQ 220ab423e43SViresh Kumar tristate "ACPI Processor P-States driver" 221ab423e43SViresh Kumar depends on ACPI_PROCESSOR 222ab423e43SViresh Kumar help 223ab423e43SViresh Kumar This driver adds a CPUFreq driver which utilizes the ACPI 224ab423e43SViresh Kumar Processor Performance States. 225ab423e43SViresh Kumar 226ab423e43SViresh Kumar For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>. 227ab423e43SViresh Kumar 228ab423e43SViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 229ab423e43SViresh Kumar 230ab423e43SViresh Kumarendmenu 231ab423e43SViresh Kumar 2327a998935SViresh Kumarmenu "MIPS CPUFreq processor drivers" 2337a998935SViresh Kumardepends on MIPS 2347a998935SViresh Kumar 2357a998935SViresh Kumarconfig LOONGSON2_CPUFREQ 2367a998935SViresh Kumar tristate "Loongson2 CPUFreq Driver" 2377a998935SViresh Kumar help 2387a998935SViresh Kumar This option adds a CPUFreq driver for loongson processors which 2397a998935SViresh Kumar support software configurable cpu frequency. 2407a998935SViresh Kumar 2417a998935SViresh Kumar Loongson2F and it's successors support this feature. 2427a998935SViresh Kumar 2437a998935SViresh Kumar For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>. 2447a998935SViresh Kumar 2457a998935SViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 2467a998935SViresh Kumar 2477a998935SViresh Kumarendmenu 2487a998935SViresh Kumar 2495d8c6658SDmitry Eremin-Solenikovmenu "PowerPC CPU frequency scaling drivers" 2505d8c6658SDmitry Eremin-Solenikovdepends on PPC32 || PPC64 2515d8c6658SDmitry Eremin-Solenikovsource "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.powerpc" 2525d8c6658SDmitry Eremin-Solenikovendmenu 2535d8c6658SDmitry Eremin-Solenikov 254764295aeSViresh Kumarmenu "SPARC CPU frequency scaling drivers" 255764295aeSViresh Kumardepends on SPARC64 256764295aeSViresh Kumarconfig SPARC_US3_CPUFREQ 257764295aeSViresh Kumar tristate "UltraSPARC-III CPU Frequency driver" 258764295aeSViresh Kumar help 259764295aeSViresh Kumar This adds the CPUFreq driver for UltraSPARC-III processors. 260764295aeSViresh Kumar 261764295aeSViresh Kumar For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>. 262764295aeSViresh Kumar 263764295aeSViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 264764295aeSViresh Kumar 265764295aeSViresh Kumarconfig SPARC_US2E_CPUFREQ 266764295aeSViresh Kumar tristate "UltraSPARC-IIe CPU Frequency driver" 267764295aeSViresh Kumar help 268764295aeSViresh Kumar This adds the CPUFreq driver for UltraSPARC-IIe processors. 269764295aeSViresh Kumar 270764295aeSViresh Kumar For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>. 271764295aeSViresh Kumar 272764295aeSViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 273764295aeSViresh Kumarendmenu 274764295aeSViresh Kumar 2757258267eSViresh Kumarmenu "SH CPU Frequency scaling" 2767258267eSViresh Kumardepends on SUPERH 2777258267eSViresh Kumarconfig SH_CPU_FREQ 2787258267eSViresh Kumar tristate "SuperH CPU Frequency driver" 2797258267eSViresh Kumar help 2807258267eSViresh Kumar This adds the cpufreq driver for SuperH. Any CPU that supports 2817258267eSViresh Kumar clock rate rounding through the clock framework can use this 2827258267eSViresh Kumar driver. While it will make the kernel slightly larger, this is 2837258267eSViresh Kumar harmless for CPUs that don't support rate rounding. The driver 2847258267eSViresh Kumar will also generate a notice in the boot log before disabling 2857258267eSViresh Kumar itself if the CPU in question is not capable of rate rounding. 2867258267eSViresh Kumar 2877258267eSViresh Kumar For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>. 2887258267eSViresh Kumar 2897258267eSViresh Kumar If unsure, say N. 2907258267eSViresh Kumarendmenu 2917258267eSViresh Kumar 292bb0a56ecSDave Jonesendif 293bb0a56ecSDave Jonesendmenu 294