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 34*1aefc75bSRafael J. Wysocki bool "CPU frequency transition statistics" 351da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 361da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 37*1aefc75bSRafael J. Wysocki Export CPU frequency statistics information through sysfs. 389101be53SMike Frysinger 399101be53SMike Frysinger If in doubt, say N. 401da177e4SLinus Torvalds 411da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_STAT_DETAILS 42*1aefc75bSRafael J. Wysocki bool "CPU frequency transition statistics details" 431da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on CPU_FREQ_STAT 441da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 45*1aefc75bSRafael J. Wysocki Show detailed CPU frequency transition table in sysfs. 469101be53SMike Frysinger 479101be53SMike Frysinger If in doubt, say N. 481da177e4SLinus Torvalds 491da177e4SLinus Torvaldschoice 501da177e4SLinus Torvalds prompt "Default CPUFreq governor" 51559f56c7SAlexander Shiyan default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE if ARM_SA1100_CPUFREQ || ARM_SA1110_CPUFREQ 521da177e4SLinus Torvalds default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE 531da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 541da177e4SLinus Torvalds This option sets which CPUFreq governor shall be loaded at 551da177e4SLinus Torvalds startup. If in doubt, select 'performance'. 561da177e4SLinus Torvalds 571da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE 581da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "performance" 591da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 601da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 611da177e4SLinus Torvalds Use the CPUFreq governor 'performance' as default. This sets 621da177e4SLinus Torvalds the frequency statically to the highest frequency supported by 631da177e4SLinus Torvalds the CPU. 641da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6530d221dbSAlessandro Guidoconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_POWERSAVE 6630d221dbSAlessandro Guido bool "powersave" 6730d221dbSAlessandro Guido select CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE 6830d221dbSAlessandro Guido help 6930d221dbSAlessandro Guido Use the CPUFreq governor 'powersave' as default. This sets 7030d221dbSAlessandro Guido the frequency statically to the lowest frequency supported by 7130d221dbSAlessandro Guido the CPU. 7230d221dbSAlessandro Guido 731da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE 741da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "userspace" 751da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE 761da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 771da177e4SLinus Torvalds Use the CPUFreq governor 'userspace' as default. This allows 780211a9c8SFrederik Schwarzer you to set the CPU frequency manually or when a userspace 791da177e4SLinus Torvalds program shall be able to set the CPU dynamically without having 801da177e4SLinus Torvalds to enable the userspace governor manually. 811da177e4SLinus Torvalds 821c256245SThomas Renningerconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_ONDEMAND 831c256245SThomas Renninger bool "ondemand" 841c256245SThomas Renninger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND 851c256245SThomas Renninger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 861c256245SThomas Renninger help 871c256245SThomas Renninger Use the CPUFreq governor 'ondemand' as default. This allows 881c256245SThomas Renninger you to get a full dynamic frequency capable system by simply 891c256245SThomas Renninger loading your cpufreq low-level hardware driver. 901c256245SThomas Renninger Be aware that not all cpufreq drivers support the ondemand 911c256245SThomas Renninger governor. If unsure have a look at the help section of the 921c256245SThomas Renninger driver. Fallback governor will be the performance governor. 931c256245SThomas Renninger 941c256245SThomas Renningerconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_CONSERVATIVE 951c256245SThomas Renninger bool "conservative" 961c256245SThomas Renninger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE 971c256245SThomas Renninger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 981c256245SThomas Renninger help 991c256245SThomas Renninger Use the CPUFreq governor 'conservative' as default. This allows 1001c256245SThomas Renninger you to get a full dynamic frequency capable system by simply 1011c256245SThomas Renninger loading your cpufreq low-level hardware driver. 1021c256245SThomas Renninger Be aware that not all cpufreq drivers support the conservative 1031c256245SThomas Renninger governor. If unsure have a look at the help section of the 1041c256245SThomas Renninger driver. Fallback governor will be the performance governor. 1059bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki 1069bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysockiconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_SCHEDUTIL 1079bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki bool "schedutil" 108cfe9492fSArnd Bergmann depends on SMP 1099bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki select CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHEDUTIL 1109bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 1119bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki help 1129bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki Use the 'schedutil' CPUFreq governor by default. If unsure, 1139bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki have a look at the help section of that governor. The fallback 1149bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki governor will be 'performance'. 1159bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki 1161da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendchoice 1171da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1181da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 1191da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "'performance' governor" 1201da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1211da177e4SLinus Torvalds This cpufreq governor sets the frequency statically to the 1221da177e4SLinus Torvalds highest available CPU frequency. 1231da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1249101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1259101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_performance. 1269101be53SMike Frysinger 1271da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say Y. 1281da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1291da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE 1301da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "'powersave' governor" 1311da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1321da177e4SLinus Torvalds This cpufreq governor sets the frequency statically to the 1331da177e4SLinus Torvalds lowest available CPU frequency. 1341da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1359101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1369101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_powersave. 1379101be53SMike Frysinger 1381da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say Y. 1391da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1401da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE 1411da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "'userspace' governor for userspace frequency scaling" 1421da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1431da177e4SLinus Torvalds Enable this cpufreq governor when you either want to set the 1440211a9c8SFrederik Schwarzer CPU frequency manually or when a userspace program shall 1451da177e4SLinus Torvalds be able to set the CPU dynamically, like on LART 1464c41251eSErik Mouw <http://www.lartmaker.nl/>. 1471da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1489101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1499101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_userspace. 1509101be53SMike Frysinger 1511da177e4SLinus Torvalds For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>. 1521da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1531da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say Y. 1541da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1551da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND 1561da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "'ondemand' cpufreq policy governor" 1571e15f295SLarry Finger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON 1581da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1591da177e4SLinus Torvalds 'ondemand' - This driver adds a dynamic cpufreq policy governor. 1601da177e4SLinus Torvalds The governor does a periodic polling and 1611da177e4SLinus Torvalds changes frequency based on the CPU utilization. 1621da177e4SLinus Torvalds The support for this governor depends on CPU capability to 1631da177e4SLinus Torvalds do fast frequency switching (i.e, very low latency frequency 1641da177e4SLinus Torvalds transitions). 1651da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1669101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1679101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_ondemand. 1689101be53SMike Frysinger 1691da177e4SLinus Torvalds For details, take a look at linux/Documentation/cpu-freq. 1701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1711da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 1721da177e4SLinus Torvalds 173b9170836SDave Jonesconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE 174b9170836SDave Jones tristate "'conservative' cpufreq governor" 175b9170836SDave Jones depends on CPU_FREQ 1761e15f295SLarry Finger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON 177b9170836SDave Jones help 178b9170836SDave Jones 'conservative' - this driver is rather similar to the 'ondemand' 179b9170836SDave Jones governor both in its source code and its purpose, the difference is 180b9170836SDave Jones its optimisation for better suitability in a battery powered 181b9170836SDave Jones environment. The frequency is gracefully increased and decreased 182b9170836SDave Jones rather than jumping to 100% when speed is required. 183b9170836SDave Jones 184b9170836SDave Jones If you have a desktop machine then you should really be considering 185b9170836SDave Jones the 'ondemand' governor instead, however if you are using a laptop, 186b9170836SDave Jones PDA or even an AMD64 based computer (due to the unacceptable 187b9170836SDave Jones step-by-step latency issues between the minimum and maximum frequency 188b9170836SDave Jones transitions in the CPU) you will probably want to use this governor. 189b9170836SDave Jones 1909101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1919101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_conservative. 1929101be53SMike Frysinger 193b9170836SDave Jones For details, take a look at linux/Documentation/cpu-freq. 194b9170836SDave Jones 195b9170836SDave Jones If in doubt, say N. 196b9170836SDave Jones 1979bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysockiconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHEDUTIL 1989bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki tristate "'schedutil' cpufreq policy governor" 199bf7cdff1SRafael J. Wysocki depends on CPU_FREQ && SMP 2009bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki select CPU_FREQ_GOV_ATTR_SET 2019bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki select IRQ_WORK 2029bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki help 2039bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki This governor makes decisions based on the utilization data provided 2049bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki by the scheduler. It sets the CPU frequency to be proportional to 2059bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki the utilization/capacity ratio coming from the scheduler. If the 2069bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki utilization is frequency-invariant, the new frequency is also 2079bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki proportional to the maximum available frequency. If that is not the 2089bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki case, it is proportional to the current frequency of the CPU. The 2099bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki frequency tipping point is at utilization/capacity equal to 80% in 2109bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki both cases. 2119bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki 2129bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will 2139bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki be called cpufreq_schedutil. 2149bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki 2159bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki If in doubt, say N. 2169bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki 217f41f4815SViresh Kumarcomment "CPU frequency scaling drivers" 218f41f4815SViresh Kumar 219bbcf0719SViresh Kumarconfig CPUFREQ_DT 220bbcf0719SViresh Kumar tristate "Generic DT based cpufreq driver" 2215fbfbcd3SViresh Kumar depends on HAVE_CLK && OF 222bbcf0719SViresh Kumar # if CPU_THERMAL is on and THERMAL=m, CPUFREQ_DT cannot be =y: 223217886d3SArnd Bergmann depends on !CPU_THERMAL || THERMAL 224f56aad1dSViresh Kumar select CPUFREQ_DT_PLATDEV 225109df086SMark Brown select PM_OPP 22695ceafd4SShawn Guo help 227bbcf0719SViresh Kumar This adds a generic DT based cpufreq driver for frequency management. 22895ceafd4SShawn Guo It supports both uniprocessor (UP) and symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) 22995ceafd4SShawn Guo systems which share clock and voltage across all CPUs. 23095ceafd4SShawn Guo 23195ceafd4SShawn Guo If in doubt, say N. 23295ceafd4SShawn Guo 233f56aad1dSViresh Kumarconfig CPUFREQ_DT_PLATDEV 234f56aad1dSViresh Kumar bool 235f56aad1dSViresh Kumar help 236f56aad1dSViresh Kumar This adds a generic DT based cpufreq platdev driver for frequency 237f56aad1dSViresh Kumar management. This creates a 'cpufreq-dt' platform device, on the 238f56aad1dSViresh Kumar supported platforms. 239f56aad1dSViresh Kumar 240f56aad1dSViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 241f56aad1dSViresh Kumar 242f41f4815SViresh Kumarif X86 243bb0a56ecSDave Jonessource "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86" 244f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 245bb0a56ecSDave Jones 246f41f4815SViresh Kumarif ARM || ARM64 247f7d77079SKukjin Kimsource "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.arm" 248f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 249f7d77079SKukjin Kim 250f41f4815SViresh Kumarif PPC32 || PPC64 251f41f4815SViresh Kumarsource "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.powerpc" 252f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 25381c720c9SViresh Kumar 254f41f4815SViresh Kumarif AVR32 25581c720c9SViresh Kumarconfig AVR32_AT32AP_CPUFREQ 25681c720c9SViresh Kumar bool "CPU frequency driver for AT32AP" 25781c720c9SViresh Kumar depends on PLATFORM_AT32AP 25881c720c9SViresh Kumar default n 25981c720c9SViresh Kumar help 26081c720c9SViresh Kumar This enables the CPU frequency driver for AT32AP processors. 26181c720c9SViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 262f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 26381c720c9SViresh Kumar 264f41f4815SViresh Kumarif IA64 265ab423e43SViresh Kumarconfig IA64_ACPI_CPUFREQ 266ab423e43SViresh Kumar tristate "ACPI Processor P-States driver" 267ab423e43SViresh Kumar depends on ACPI_PROCESSOR 268ab423e43SViresh Kumar help 269ab423e43SViresh Kumar This driver adds a CPUFreq driver which utilizes the ACPI 270ab423e43SViresh Kumar Processor Performance States. 271ab423e43SViresh Kumar 272ab423e43SViresh Kumar For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>. 273ab423e43SViresh Kumar 274ab423e43SViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 275f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 276ab423e43SViresh Kumar 277f41f4815SViresh Kumarif MIPS 2787a998935SViresh Kumarconfig LOONGSON2_CPUFREQ 2797a998935SViresh Kumar tristate "Loongson2 CPUFreq Driver" 2807a998935SViresh Kumar help 2817a998935SViresh Kumar This option adds a CPUFreq driver for loongson processors which 2827a998935SViresh Kumar support software configurable cpu frequency. 2837a998935SViresh Kumar 2847a998935SViresh Kumar Loongson2F and it's successors support this feature. 2857a998935SViresh Kumar 2867a998935SViresh Kumar For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>. 2877a998935SViresh Kumar 2887a998935SViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 2897a998935SViresh Kumar 290a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheungconfig LOONGSON1_CPUFREQ 291a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung tristate "Loongson1 CPUFreq Driver" 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" 3392f249358STang Yuantian depends on OF && COMMON_CLK && (PPC_E500MC || ARM) 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