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 Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_STAT_DETAILS 411aefc75bSRafael J. Wysocki bool "CPU frequency transition statistics details" 421da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on CPU_FREQ_STAT 431da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 441aefc75bSRafael J. Wysocki Show detailed CPU frequency transition table in sysfs. 459101be53SMike Frysinger 469101be53SMike Frysinger If in doubt, say N. 471da177e4SLinus Torvalds 481da177e4SLinus Torvaldschoice 491da177e4SLinus Torvalds prompt "Default CPUFreq governor" 50559f56c7SAlexander Shiyan default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE if ARM_SA1100_CPUFREQ || ARM_SA1110_CPUFREQ 511da177e4SLinus Torvalds default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE 521da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 531da177e4SLinus Torvalds This option sets which CPUFreq governor shall be loaded at 541da177e4SLinus Torvalds startup. If in doubt, select 'performance'. 551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 561da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE 571da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "performance" 581da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 591da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 601da177e4SLinus Torvalds Use the CPUFreq governor 'performance' as default. This sets 611da177e4SLinus Torvalds the frequency statically to the highest frequency supported by 621da177e4SLinus Torvalds the CPU. 631da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6430d221dbSAlessandro Guidoconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_POWERSAVE 6530d221dbSAlessandro Guido bool "powersave" 6630d221dbSAlessandro Guido select CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE 6730d221dbSAlessandro Guido help 6830d221dbSAlessandro Guido Use the CPUFreq governor 'powersave' as default. This sets 6930d221dbSAlessandro Guido the frequency statically to the lowest frequency supported by 7030d221dbSAlessandro Guido the CPU. 7130d221dbSAlessandro Guido 721da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE 731da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "userspace" 741da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE 751da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 761da177e4SLinus Torvalds Use the CPUFreq governor 'userspace' as default. This allows 770211a9c8SFrederik Schwarzer you to set the CPU frequency manually or when a userspace 781da177e4SLinus Torvalds program shall be able to set the CPU dynamically without having 791da177e4SLinus Torvalds to enable the userspace governor manually. 801da177e4SLinus Torvalds 811c256245SThomas Renningerconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_ONDEMAND 821c256245SThomas Renninger bool "ondemand" 831c256245SThomas Renninger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND 841c256245SThomas Renninger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 851c256245SThomas Renninger help 861c256245SThomas Renninger Use the CPUFreq governor 'ondemand' as default. This allows 871c256245SThomas Renninger you to get a full dynamic frequency capable system by simply 881c256245SThomas Renninger loading your cpufreq low-level hardware driver. 891c256245SThomas Renninger Be aware that not all cpufreq drivers support the ondemand 901c256245SThomas Renninger governor. If unsure have a look at the help section of the 911c256245SThomas Renninger driver. Fallback governor will be the performance governor. 921c256245SThomas Renninger 931c256245SThomas Renningerconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_CONSERVATIVE 941c256245SThomas Renninger bool "conservative" 951c256245SThomas Renninger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE 961c256245SThomas Renninger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 971c256245SThomas Renninger help 981c256245SThomas Renninger Use the CPUFreq governor 'conservative' as default. This allows 991c256245SThomas Renninger you to get a full dynamic frequency capable system by simply 1001c256245SThomas Renninger loading your cpufreq low-level hardware driver. 1011c256245SThomas Renninger Be aware that not all cpufreq drivers support the conservative 1021c256245SThomas Renninger governor. If unsure have a look at the help section of the 1031c256245SThomas Renninger driver. Fallback governor will be the performance governor. 1049bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki 1059bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysockiconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_SCHEDUTIL 1069bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki bool "schedutil" 107cfe9492fSArnd Bergmann depends on SMP 1089bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki select CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHEDUTIL 1099bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 1109bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki help 1119bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki Use the 'schedutil' CPUFreq governor by default. If unsure, 1129bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki have a look at the help section of that governor. The fallback 1139bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki governor will be 'performance'. 1149bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki 1151da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendchoice 1161da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1171da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 1181da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "'performance' governor" 1191da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1201da177e4SLinus Torvalds This cpufreq governor sets the frequency statically to the 1211da177e4SLinus Torvalds highest available CPU frequency. 1221da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1239101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1249101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_performance. 1259101be53SMike Frysinger 1261da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say Y. 1271da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1281da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE 1291da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "'powersave' governor" 1301da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1311da177e4SLinus Torvalds This cpufreq governor sets the frequency statically to the 1321da177e4SLinus Torvalds lowest available CPU frequency. 1331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1349101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1359101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_powersave. 1369101be53SMike Frysinger 1371da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say Y. 1381da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1391da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE 1401da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "'userspace' governor for userspace frequency scaling" 1411da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1421da177e4SLinus Torvalds Enable this cpufreq governor when you either want to set the 1430211a9c8SFrederik Schwarzer CPU frequency manually or when a userspace program shall 1441da177e4SLinus Torvalds be able to set the CPU dynamically, like on LART 1454c41251eSErik Mouw <http://www.lartmaker.nl/>. 1461da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1479101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1489101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_userspace. 1499101be53SMike Frysinger 1501da177e4SLinus Torvalds For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>. 1511da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1521da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say Y. 1531da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1541da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND 1551da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "'ondemand' cpufreq policy governor" 1561e15f295SLarry Finger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON 1571da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1581da177e4SLinus Torvalds 'ondemand' - This driver adds a dynamic cpufreq policy governor. 1591da177e4SLinus Torvalds The governor does a periodic polling and 1601da177e4SLinus Torvalds changes frequency based on the CPU utilization. 1611da177e4SLinus Torvalds The support for this governor depends on CPU capability to 1621da177e4SLinus Torvalds do fast frequency switching (i.e, very low latency frequency 1631da177e4SLinus Torvalds transitions). 1641da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1659101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1669101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_ondemand. 1679101be53SMike Frysinger 1681da177e4SLinus Torvalds For details, take a look at linux/Documentation/cpu-freq. 1691da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1701da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 1711da177e4SLinus Torvalds 172b9170836SDave Jonesconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE 173b9170836SDave Jones tristate "'conservative' cpufreq governor" 174b9170836SDave Jones depends on CPU_FREQ 1751e15f295SLarry Finger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON 176b9170836SDave Jones help 177b9170836SDave Jones 'conservative' - this driver is rather similar to the 'ondemand' 178b9170836SDave Jones governor both in its source code and its purpose, the difference is 179b9170836SDave Jones its optimisation for better suitability in a battery powered 180b9170836SDave Jones environment. The frequency is gracefully increased and decreased 181b9170836SDave Jones rather than jumping to 100% when speed is required. 182b9170836SDave Jones 183b9170836SDave Jones If you have a desktop machine then you should really be considering 184b9170836SDave Jones the 'ondemand' governor instead, however if you are using a laptop, 185b9170836SDave Jones PDA or even an AMD64 based computer (due to the unacceptable 186b9170836SDave Jones step-by-step latency issues between the minimum and maximum frequency 187b9170836SDave Jones transitions in the CPU) you will probably want to use this governor. 188b9170836SDave Jones 1899101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1909101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_conservative. 1919101be53SMike Frysinger 192b9170836SDave Jones For details, take a look at linux/Documentation/cpu-freq. 193b9170836SDave Jones 194b9170836SDave Jones If in doubt, say N. 195b9170836SDave Jones 1969bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysockiconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHEDUTIL 1979bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki tristate "'schedutil' cpufreq policy governor" 198bf7cdff1SRafael J. Wysocki depends on CPU_FREQ && SMP 1999bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki select CPU_FREQ_GOV_ATTR_SET 2009bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki select IRQ_WORK 2019bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki help 2029bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki This governor makes decisions based on the utilization data provided 2039bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki by the scheduler. It sets the CPU frequency to be proportional to 2049bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki the utilization/capacity ratio coming from the scheduler. If the 2059bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki utilization is frequency-invariant, the new frequency is also 2069bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki proportional to the maximum available frequency. If that is not the 2079bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki case, it is proportional to the current frequency of the CPU. The 2089bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki frequency tipping point is at utilization/capacity equal to 80% in 2099bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki both cases. 2109bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki 2119bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will 2129bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki be called cpufreq_schedutil. 2139bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki 2149bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki If in doubt, say N. 2159bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki 216f41f4815SViresh Kumarcomment "CPU frequency scaling drivers" 217f41f4815SViresh Kumar 218bbcf0719SViresh Kumarconfig CPUFREQ_DT 219bbcf0719SViresh Kumar tristate "Generic DT based cpufreq driver" 2205fbfbcd3SViresh Kumar depends on HAVE_CLK && OF 221bbcf0719SViresh Kumar # if CPU_THERMAL is on and THERMAL=m, CPUFREQ_DT cannot be =y: 222217886d3SArnd Bergmann depends on !CPU_THERMAL || THERMAL 223f56aad1dSViresh Kumar select CPUFREQ_DT_PLATDEV 224109df086SMark Brown select PM_OPP 22595ceafd4SShawn Guo help 226bbcf0719SViresh Kumar This adds a generic DT based cpufreq driver for frequency management. 22795ceafd4SShawn Guo It supports both uniprocessor (UP) and symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) 228*33cc4fc1SViresh Kumar systems. 22995ceafd4SShawn Guo 23095ceafd4SShawn Guo If in doubt, say N. 23195ceafd4SShawn Guo 232f56aad1dSViresh Kumarconfig CPUFREQ_DT_PLATDEV 233f56aad1dSViresh Kumar bool 234f56aad1dSViresh Kumar help 235f56aad1dSViresh Kumar This adds a generic DT based cpufreq platdev driver for frequency 236f56aad1dSViresh Kumar management. This creates a 'cpufreq-dt' platform device, on the 237f56aad1dSViresh Kumar supported platforms. 238f56aad1dSViresh Kumar 239f56aad1dSViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 240f56aad1dSViresh Kumar 241f41f4815SViresh Kumarif X86 242bb0a56ecSDave Jonessource "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86" 243f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 244bb0a56ecSDave Jones 245f41f4815SViresh Kumarif ARM || ARM64 246f7d77079SKukjin Kimsource "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.arm" 247f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 248f7d77079SKukjin Kim 249f41f4815SViresh Kumarif PPC32 || PPC64 250f41f4815SViresh Kumarsource "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.powerpc" 251f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 25281c720c9SViresh Kumar 253f41f4815SViresh Kumarif AVR32 25481c720c9SViresh Kumarconfig AVR32_AT32AP_CPUFREQ 25581c720c9SViresh Kumar bool "CPU frequency driver for AT32AP" 25681c720c9SViresh Kumar depends on PLATFORM_AT32AP 25781c720c9SViresh Kumar default n 25881c720c9SViresh Kumar help 25981c720c9SViresh Kumar This enables the CPU frequency driver for AT32AP processors. 26081c720c9SViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 261f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 26281c720c9SViresh Kumar 263f41f4815SViresh Kumarif IA64 264ab423e43SViresh Kumarconfig IA64_ACPI_CPUFREQ 265ab423e43SViresh Kumar tristate "ACPI Processor P-States driver" 266ab423e43SViresh Kumar depends on ACPI_PROCESSOR 267ab423e43SViresh Kumar help 268ab423e43SViresh Kumar This driver adds a CPUFreq driver which utilizes the ACPI 269ab423e43SViresh Kumar Processor Performance States. 270ab423e43SViresh Kumar 271ab423e43SViresh Kumar For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>. 272ab423e43SViresh Kumar 273ab423e43SViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 274f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 275ab423e43SViresh Kumar 276f41f4815SViresh Kumarif MIPS 2777a998935SViresh Kumarconfig LOONGSON2_CPUFREQ 2787a998935SViresh Kumar tristate "Loongson2 CPUFreq Driver" 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" 291a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung help 292a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung This option adds a CPUFreq driver for loongson1 processors which 293a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung support software configurable cpu frequency. 294a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung 295a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>. 296a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung 297a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung If in doubt, say N. 298f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 299a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung 300f41f4815SViresh Kumarif SPARC64 301764295aeSViresh Kumarconfig SPARC_US3_CPUFREQ 302764295aeSViresh Kumar tristate "UltraSPARC-III CPU Frequency driver" 303764295aeSViresh Kumar help 304764295aeSViresh Kumar This adds the CPUFreq driver for UltraSPARC-III processors. 305764295aeSViresh Kumar 306764295aeSViresh Kumar For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>. 307764295aeSViresh Kumar 308764295aeSViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 309764295aeSViresh Kumar 310764295aeSViresh Kumarconfig SPARC_US2E_CPUFREQ 311764295aeSViresh Kumar tristate "UltraSPARC-IIe CPU Frequency driver" 312764295aeSViresh Kumar help 313764295aeSViresh Kumar This adds the CPUFreq driver for UltraSPARC-IIe processors. 314764295aeSViresh Kumar 315764295aeSViresh Kumar For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>. 316764295aeSViresh Kumar 317764295aeSViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 318f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 319764295aeSViresh Kumar 320f41f4815SViresh Kumarif SUPERH 3217258267eSViresh Kumarconfig SH_CPU_FREQ 3227258267eSViresh Kumar tristate "SuperH CPU Frequency driver" 3237258267eSViresh Kumar help 3247258267eSViresh Kumar This adds the cpufreq driver for SuperH. Any CPU that supports 3257258267eSViresh Kumar clock rate rounding through the clock framework can use this 3267258267eSViresh Kumar driver. While it will make the kernel slightly larger, this is 3277258267eSViresh Kumar harmless for CPUs that don't support rate rounding. The driver 3287258267eSViresh Kumar will also generate a notice in the boot log before disabling 3297258267eSViresh Kumar itself if the CPU in question is not capable of rate rounding. 3307258267eSViresh Kumar 3317258267eSViresh Kumar For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>. 3327258267eSViresh Kumar 3337258267eSViresh Kumar If unsure, say N. 334f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 3357258267eSViresh Kumar 3362f249358STang Yuantianconfig QORIQ_CPUFREQ 3372f249358STang Yuantian tristate "CPU frequency scaling driver for Freescale QorIQ SoCs" 3382f249358STang Yuantian depends on OF && COMMON_CLK && (PPC_E500MC || ARM) 339ddd30ef4SArnd Bergmann depends on !CPU_THERMAL || THERMAL 3402f249358STang Yuantian select CLK_QORIQ 3412f249358STang Yuantian help 3422f249358STang Yuantian This adds the CPUFreq driver support for Freescale QorIQ SoCs 3432f249358STang Yuantian which are capable of changing the CPU's frequency dynamically. 3442f249358STang Yuantian 345bb0a56ecSDave Jonesendif 346bb0a56ecSDave Jonesendmenu 347