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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
232fb4719bSLukasz Majewskiconfig CPU_FREQ_BOOST_SW
242fb4719bSLukasz Majewski	bool
252fb4719bSLukasz Majewski	depends on THERMAL
262fb4719bSLukasz Majewski
271da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_STAT
281da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "CPU frequency translation statistics"
291da177e4SLinus Torvalds	default y
301da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
311da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This driver exports CPU frequency statistics information through sysfs
329101be53SMike Frysinger	  file system.
339101be53SMike Frysinger
349101be53SMike Frysinger	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
359101be53SMike Frysinger	  module will be called cpufreq_stats.
369101be53SMike Frysinger
379101be53SMike Frysinger	  If in doubt, say N.
381da177e4SLinus Torvalds
391da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_STAT_DETAILS
401da177e4SLinus Torvalds	bool "CPU frequency translation statistics details"
411da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on CPU_FREQ_STAT
421da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
431da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This will show detail CPU frequency translation table in sysfs file
449101be53SMike Frysinger	  system.
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"
666a108a14SDavid Rientjes	depends on EXPERT
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.
1051da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendchoice
1061da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1071da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE
1081da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "'performance' governor"
1091da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
1101da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This cpufreq governor sets the frequency statically to the
1111da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  highest available CPU frequency.
1121da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1139101be53SMike Frysinger	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
1149101be53SMike Frysinger	  module will be called cpufreq_performance.
1159101be53SMike Frysinger
1161da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If in doubt, say Y.
1171da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1181da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE
1191da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "'powersave' governor"
1201da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
1211da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This cpufreq governor sets the frequency statically to the
1221da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  lowest 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_powersave.
1269101be53SMike Frysinger
1271da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If in doubt, say Y.
1281da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1291da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE
1301da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "'userspace' governor for userspace frequency scaling"
1311da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
1321da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Enable this cpufreq governor when you either want to set the
1330211a9c8SFrederik Schwarzer	  CPU frequency manually or when a userspace program shall
1341da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  be able to set the CPU dynamically, like on LART
1354c41251eSErik Mouw	  <http://www.lartmaker.nl/>.
1361da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1379101be53SMike Frysinger	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
1389101be53SMike Frysinger	  module will be called cpufreq_userspace.
1399101be53SMike Frysinger
1401da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>.
1411da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1421da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If in doubt, say Y.
1431da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1441da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND
1451da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "'ondemand' cpufreq policy governor"
1461e15f295SLarry Finger	select CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON
1471da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
1481da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  'ondemand' - This driver adds a dynamic cpufreq policy governor.
1491da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  The governor does a periodic polling and
1501da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  changes frequency based on the CPU utilization.
1511da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  The support for this governor depends on CPU capability to
1521da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  do fast frequency switching (i.e, very low latency frequency
1531da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  transitions).
1541da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1559101be53SMike Frysinger	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
1569101be53SMike Frysinger	  module will be called cpufreq_ondemand.
1579101be53SMike Frysinger
1581da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  For details, take a look at linux/Documentation/cpu-freq.
1591da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1601da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If in doubt, say N.
1611da177e4SLinus Torvalds
162b9170836SDave Jonesconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE
163b9170836SDave Jones	tristate "'conservative' cpufreq governor"
164b9170836SDave Jones	depends on CPU_FREQ
1651e15f295SLarry Finger	select CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON
166b9170836SDave Jones	help
167b9170836SDave Jones	  'conservative' - this driver is rather similar to the 'ondemand'
168b9170836SDave Jones	  governor both in its source code and its purpose, the difference is
169b9170836SDave Jones	  its optimisation for better suitability in a battery powered
170b9170836SDave Jones	  environment.  The frequency is gracefully increased and decreased
171b9170836SDave Jones	  rather than jumping to 100% when speed is required.
172b9170836SDave Jones
173b9170836SDave Jones	  If you have a desktop machine then you should really be considering
174b9170836SDave Jones	  the 'ondemand' governor instead, however if you are using a laptop,
175b9170836SDave Jones	  PDA or even an AMD64 based computer (due to the unacceptable
176b9170836SDave Jones	  step-by-step latency issues between the minimum and maximum frequency
177b9170836SDave Jones	  transitions in the CPU) you will probably want to use this governor.
178b9170836SDave Jones
1799101be53SMike Frysinger	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
1809101be53SMike Frysinger	  module will be called cpufreq_conservative.
1819101be53SMike Frysinger
182b9170836SDave Jones	  For details, take a look at linux/Documentation/cpu-freq.
183b9170836SDave Jones
184b9170836SDave Jones	  If in doubt, say N.
185b9170836SDave Jones
18695ceafd4SShawn Guoconfig GENERIC_CPUFREQ_CPU0
1875553f9e2SShawn Guo	tristate "Generic CPU0 cpufreq driver"
188*5fbfbcd3SViresh Kumar	depends on HAVE_CLK && OF
189109df086SMark Brown	select PM_OPP
19095ceafd4SShawn Guo	help
19195ceafd4SShawn Guo	  This adds a generic cpufreq driver for CPU0 frequency management.
19295ceafd4SShawn Guo	  It supports both uniprocessor (UP) and symmetric multiprocessor (SMP)
19395ceafd4SShawn Guo	  systems which share clock and voltage across all CPUs.
19495ceafd4SShawn Guo
19595ceafd4SShawn Guo	  If in doubt, say N.
19695ceafd4SShawn Guo
197bb0a56ecSDave Jonesmenu "x86 CPU frequency scaling drivers"
198bb0a56ecSDave Jonesdepends on X86
199bb0a56ecSDave Jonessource "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86"
200bb0a56ecSDave Jonesendmenu
201bb0a56ecSDave Jones
202f7d77079SKukjin Kimmenu "ARM CPU frequency scaling drivers"
203addea9efSRob Herringdepends on ARM || ARM64
204f7d77079SKukjin Kimsource "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.arm"
205f7d77079SKukjin Kimendmenu
206f7d77079SKukjin Kim
20781c720c9SViresh Kumarmenu "AVR32 CPU frequency scaling drivers"
20881c720c9SViresh Kumardepends on AVR32
20981c720c9SViresh Kumar
21081c720c9SViresh Kumarconfig AVR32_AT32AP_CPUFREQ
21181c720c9SViresh Kumar	bool "CPU frequency driver for AT32AP"
21281c720c9SViresh Kumar	depends on PLATFORM_AT32AP
21381c720c9SViresh Kumar	default n
21481c720c9SViresh Kumar	help
21581c720c9SViresh Kumar	  This enables the CPU frequency driver for AT32AP processors.
21681c720c9SViresh Kumar	  If in doubt, say N.
21781c720c9SViresh Kumar
21881c720c9SViresh Kumarendmenu
21981c720c9SViresh Kumar
220ab423e43SViresh Kumarmenu "CPUFreq processor drivers"
221ab423e43SViresh Kumardepends on IA64
222ab423e43SViresh Kumar
223ab423e43SViresh Kumarconfig IA64_ACPI_CPUFREQ
224ab423e43SViresh Kumar	tristate "ACPI Processor P-States driver"
225ab423e43SViresh Kumar	depends on ACPI_PROCESSOR
226ab423e43SViresh Kumar	help
227ab423e43SViresh Kumar	This driver adds a CPUFreq driver which utilizes the ACPI
228ab423e43SViresh Kumar	Processor Performance States.
229ab423e43SViresh Kumar
230ab423e43SViresh Kumar	For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>.
231ab423e43SViresh Kumar
232ab423e43SViresh Kumar	If in doubt, say N.
233ab423e43SViresh Kumar
234ab423e43SViresh Kumarendmenu
235ab423e43SViresh Kumar
2367a998935SViresh Kumarmenu "MIPS CPUFreq processor drivers"
2377a998935SViresh Kumardepends on MIPS
2387a998935SViresh Kumar
2397a998935SViresh Kumarconfig LOONGSON2_CPUFREQ
2407a998935SViresh Kumar	tristate "Loongson2 CPUFreq Driver"
2417a998935SViresh Kumar	help
2427a998935SViresh Kumar	  This option adds a CPUFreq driver for loongson processors which
2437a998935SViresh Kumar	  support software configurable cpu frequency.
2447a998935SViresh Kumar
2457a998935SViresh Kumar	  Loongson2F and it's successors support this feature.
2467a998935SViresh Kumar
2477a998935SViresh Kumar	  For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>.
2487a998935SViresh Kumar
2497a998935SViresh Kumar	  If in doubt, say N.
2507a998935SViresh Kumar
2517a998935SViresh Kumarendmenu
2527a998935SViresh Kumar
2535d8c6658SDmitry Eremin-Solenikovmenu "PowerPC CPU frequency scaling drivers"
2545d8c6658SDmitry Eremin-Solenikovdepends on PPC32 || PPC64
2555d8c6658SDmitry Eremin-Solenikovsource "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.powerpc"
2565d8c6658SDmitry Eremin-Solenikovendmenu
2575d8c6658SDmitry Eremin-Solenikov
258764295aeSViresh Kumarmenu "SPARC CPU frequency scaling drivers"
259764295aeSViresh Kumardepends on SPARC64
260764295aeSViresh Kumarconfig SPARC_US3_CPUFREQ
261764295aeSViresh Kumar	tristate "UltraSPARC-III CPU Frequency driver"
262764295aeSViresh Kumar	help
263764295aeSViresh Kumar	  This adds the CPUFreq driver for UltraSPARC-III processors.
264764295aeSViresh Kumar
265764295aeSViresh Kumar	  For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>.
266764295aeSViresh Kumar
267764295aeSViresh Kumar	  If in doubt, say N.
268764295aeSViresh Kumar
269764295aeSViresh Kumarconfig SPARC_US2E_CPUFREQ
270764295aeSViresh Kumar	tristate "UltraSPARC-IIe CPU Frequency driver"
271764295aeSViresh Kumar	help
272764295aeSViresh Kumar	  This adds the CPUFreq driver for UltraSPARC-IIe processors.
273764295aeSViresh Kumar
274764295aeSViresh Kumar	  For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>.
275764295aeSViresh Kumar
276764295aeSViresh Kumar	  If in doubt, say N.
277764295aeSViresh Kumarendmenu
278764295aeSViresh Kumar
2797258267eSViresh Kumarmenu "SH CPU Frequency scaling"
2807258267eSViresh Kumardepends on SUPERH
2817258267eSViresh Kumarconfig SH_CPU_FREQ
2827258267eSViresh Kumar	tristate "SuperH CPU Frequency driver"
2837258267eSViresh Kumar	help
2847258267eSViresh Kumar	  This adds the cpufreq driver for SuperH. Any CPU that supports
2857258267eSViresh Kumar	  clock rate rounding through the clock framework can use this
2867258267eSViresh Kumar	  driver. While it will make the kernel slightly larger, this is
2877258267eSViresh Kumar	  harmless for CPUs that don't support rate rounding. The driver
2887258267eSViresh Kumar	  will also generate a notice in the boot log before disabling
2897258267eSViresh Kumar	  itself if the CPU in question is not capable of rate rounding.
2907258267eSViresh Kumar
2917258267eSViresh Kumar	  For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>.
2927258267eSViresh Kumar
2937258267eSViresh Kumar	  If unsure, say N.
2947258267eSViresh Kumarendmenu
2957258267eSViresh Kumar
296bb0a56ecSDave Jonesendif
297bb0a56ecSDave Jonesendmenu
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