1ec8f24b7SThomas Gleixner# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only 2bb0a56ecSDave Jonesmenu "CPU Frequency scaling" 3bb0a56ecSDave Jones 41da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ 51da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "CPU Frequency scaling" 683fe27eaSPranith Kumar select SRCU 71da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 81da177e4SLinus Torvalds CPU Frequency scaling allows you to change the clock speed of 91da177e4SLinus Torvalds CPUs on the fly. This is a nice method to save power, because 101da177e4SLinus Torvalds the lower the CPU clock speed, the less power the CPU consumes. 111da177e4SLinus Torvalds 121da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that this driver doesn't automatically change the CPU 131da177e4SLinus Torvalds clock speed, you need to either enable a dynamic cpufreq governor 141da177e4SLinus Torvalds (see below) after boot, or use a userspace tool. 151da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16*733dda9cSAlexander Monakov For details, take a look at 17*733dda9cSAlexander Monakov <file:Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst>. 181da177e4SLinus Torvalds 191da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 201da177e4SLinus Torvalds 211da177e4SLinus Torvaldsif CPU_FREQ 221da177e4SLinus Torvalds 232d0c58adSRafael J. Wysockiconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_ATTR_SET 242d0c58adSRafael J. Wysocki bool 252d0c58adSRafael J. Wysocki 261e15f295SLarry Fingerconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON 272d0c58adSRafael J. Wysocki select CPU_FREQ_GOV_ATTR_SET 28e6f03657SRafael J. Wysocki select IRQ_WORK 291e15f295SLarry Finger bool 301e15f295SLarry Finger 311da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_STAT 321aefc75bSRafael J. Wysocki bool "CPU frequency transition statistics" 331da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 341aefc75bSRafael J. Wysocki Export CPU frequency statistics information through sysfs. 359101be53SMike Frysinger 369101be53SMike Frysinger If in doubt, say N. 371da177e4SLinus Torvalds 381da177e4SLinus Torvaldschoice 391da177e4SLinus Torvalds prompt "Default CPUFreq governor" 40559f56c7SAlexander Shiyan default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE if ARM_SA1100_CPUFREQ || ARM_SA1110_CPUFREQ 41f259eab3SValentin Schneider default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_SCHEDUTIL if ARM64 || ARM 42a00ec387SRafael J. Wysocki default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_SCHEDUTIL if X86_INTEL_PSTATE && SMP 431da177e4SLinus Torvalds default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE 441da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 451da177e4SLinus Torvalds This option sets which CPUFreq governor shall be loaded at 46a00ec387SRafael J. Wysocki startup. If in doubt, use the default setting. 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" 75db865272SRafael J. Wysocki depends on !(X86_INTEL_PSTATE && SMP) 761c256245SThomas Renninger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND 771c256245SThomas Renninger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 781c256245SThomas Renninger help 791c256245SThomas Renninger Use the CPUFreq governor 'ondemand' as default. This allows 801c256245SThomas Renninger you to get a full dynamic frequency capable system by simply 811c256245SThomas Renninger loading your cpufreq low-level hardware driver. 821c256245SThomas Renninger Be aware that not all cpufreq drivers support the ondemand 831c256245SThomas Renninger governor. If unsure have a look at the help section of the 841c256245SThomas Renninger driver. Fallback governor will be the performance governor. 851c256245SThomas Renninger 861c256245SThomas Renningerconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_CONSERVATIVE 871c256245SThomas Renninger bool "conservative" 88db865272SRafael J. Wysocki depends on !(X86_INTEL_PSTATE && SMP) 891c256245SThomas Renninger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE 901c256245SThomas Renninger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 911c256245SThomas Renninger help 921c256245SThomas Renninger Use the CPUFreq governor 'conservative' as default. This allows 931c256245SThomas Renninger you to get a full dynamic frequency capable system by simply 941c256245SThomas Renninger loading your cpufreq low-level hardware driver. 951c256245SThomas Renninger Be aware that not all cpufreq drivers support the conservative 961c256245SThomas Renninger governor. If unsure have a look at the help section of the 971c256245SThomas Renninger driver. Fallback governor will be the performance governor. 989bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki 999bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysockiconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_SCHEDUTIL 1009bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki bool "schedutil" 101cfe9492fSArnd Bergmann depends on SMP 1029bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki select CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHEDUTIL 1039bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 1049bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki help 1059bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki Use the 'schedutil' CPUFreq governor by default. If unsure, 1069bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki have a look at the help section of that governor. The fallback 1079bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki governor will be 'performance'. 1089bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki 1091da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendchoice 1101da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1111da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 1121da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "'performance' governor" 1131da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1141da177e4SLinus Torvalds This cpufreq governor sets the frequency statically to the 1151da177e4SLinus Torvalds highest available CPU frequency. 1161da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1179101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1189101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_performance. 1199101be53SMike Frysinger 1201da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say Y. 1211da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1221da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE 1231da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "'powersave' governor" 1241da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1251da177e4SLinus Torvalds This cpufreq governor sets the frequency statically to the 1261da177e4SLinus Torvalds lowest available CPU frequency. 1271da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1289101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1299101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_powersave. 1309101be53SMike Frysinger 1311da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say Y. 1321da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1331da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE 1341da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "'userspace' governor for userspace frequency scaling" 1351da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1361da177e4SLinus Torvalds Enable this cpufreq governor when you either want to set the 1370211a9c8SFrederik Schwarzer CPU frequency manually or when a userspace program shall 1381da177e4SLinus Torvalds be able to set the CPU dynamically, like on LART 1394c41251eSErik Mouw <http://www.lartmaker.nl/>. 1401da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1419101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1429101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_userspace. 1439101be53SMike Frysinger 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 160*733dda9cSAlexander Monakov For details, take a look at 161*733dda9cSAlexander Monakov <file:Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst>. 1621da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1631da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 1641da177e4SLinus Torvalds 165b9170836SDave Jonesconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE 166b9170836SDave Jones tristate "'conservative' cpufreq governor" 167b9170836SDave Jones depends on CPU_FREQ 1681e15f295SLarry Finger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON 169b9170836SDave Jones help 170b9170836SDave Jones 'conservative' - this driver is rather similar to the 'ondemand' 171b9170836SDave Jones governor both in its source code and its purpose, the difference is 172b9170836SDave Jones its optimisation for better suitability in a battery powered 173b9170836SDave Jones environment. The frequency is gracefully increased and decreased 174b9170836SDave Jones rather than jumping to 100% when speed is required. 175b9170836SDave Jones 176b9170836SDave Jones If you have a desktop machine then you should really be considering 177b9170836SDave Jones the 'ondemand' governor instead, however if you are using a laptop, 178b9170836SDave Jones PDA or even an AMD64 based computer (due to the unacceptable 179b9170836SDave Jones step-by-step latency issues between the minimum and maximum frequency 180b9170836SDave Jones transitions in the CPU) you will probably want to use this governor. 181b9170836SDave Jones 1829101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1839101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_conservative. 1849101be53SMike Frysinger 185*733dda9cSAlexander Monakov For details, take a look at 186*733dda9cSAlexander Monakov <file:Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst>. 187b9170836SDave Jones 188b9170836SDave Jones If in doubt, say N. 189b9170836SDave Jones 1909bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysockiconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHEDUTIL 19158919e83SRafael J. Wysocki bool "'schedutil' cpufreq policy governor" 192bf7cdff1SRafael J. Wysocki depends on CPU_FREQ && SMP 1939bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki select CPU_FREQ_GOV_ATTR_SET 1949bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki select IRQ_WORK 1959bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki help 1969bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki This governor makes decisions based on the utilization data provided 1979bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki by the scheduler. It sets the CPU frequency to be proportional to 1989bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki the utilization/capacity ratio coming from the scheduler. If the 1999bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki utilization is frequency-invariant, the new frequency is also 2009bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki proportional to the maximum available frequency. If that is not the 2019bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki case, it is proportional to the current frequency of the CPU. The 2029bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki frequency tipping point is at utilization/capacity equal to 80% in 2039bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki both cases. 2049bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki 2059bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki If in doubt, say N. 2069bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki 207f41f4815SViresh Kumarcomment "CPU frequency scaling drivers" 208f41f4815SViresh Kumar 209bbcf0719SViresh Kumarconfig CPUFREQ_DT 210bbcf0719SViresh Kumar tristate "Generic DT based cpufreq driver" 2115fbfbcd3SViresh Kumar depends on HAVE_CLK && OF 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 IA64 243ab423e43SViresh Kumarconfig IA64_ACPI_CPUFREQ 244ab423e43SViresh Kumar tristate "ACPI Processor P-States driver" 245ab423e43SViresh Kumar depends on ACPI_PROCESSOR 246ab423e43SViresh Kumar help 247ab423e43SViresh Kumar This driver adds a CPUFreq driver which utilizes the ACPI 248ab423e43SViresh Kumar Processor Performance States. 249ab423e43SViresh Kumar 250ab423e43SViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 251f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 252ab423e43SViresh Kumar 253f41f4815SViresh Kumarif MIPS 254cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayerconfig BMIPS_CPUFREQ 255cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer tristate "BMIPS CPUfreq Driver" 256cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer help 257cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer This option adds a CPUfreq driver for BMIPS processors with 258cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer support for configurable CPU frequency. 259cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer 260cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer For now, BMIPS5 chips are supported (such as the Broadcom 7425). 261cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer 262cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer If in doubt, say N. 263cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer 2647a998935SViresh Kumarconfig LOONGSON2_CPUFREQ 2657a998935SViresh Kumar tristate "Loongson2 CPUFreq Driver" 2660d307935SJames Hogan depends on LEMOTE_MACH2F 2677a998935SViresh Kumar help 2687a998935SViresh Kumar This option adds a CPUFreq driver for loongson processors which 2697a998935SViresh Kumar support software configurable cpu frequency. 2707a998935SViresh Kumar 2717a998935SViresh Kumar Loongson2F and it's successors support this feature. 2727a998935SViresh Kumar 2737a998935SViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 2747a998935SViresh Kumar 275a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheungconfig LOONGSON1_CPUFREQ 276a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung tristate "Loongson1 CPUFreq Driver" 2770d307935SJames Hogan depends on LOONGSON1_LS1B 278a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung help 279a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung This option adds a CPUFreq driver for loongson1 processors which 280a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung support software configurable cpu frequency. 281a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung 282a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung If in doubt, say N. 283f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 284a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung 285f41f4815SViresh Kumarif SPARC64 286764295aeSViresh Kumarconfig SPARC_US3_CPUFREQ 287764295aeSViresh Kumar tristate "UltraSPARC-III CPU Frequency driver" 288764295aeSViresh Kumar help 289764295aeSViresh Kumar This adds the CPUFreq driver for UltraSPARC-III processors. 290764295aeSViresh Kumar 291764295aeSViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 292764295aeSViresh Kumar 293764295aeSViresh Kumarconfig SPARC_US2E_CPUFREQ 294764295aeSViresh Kumar tristate "UltraSPARC-IIe CPU Frequency driver" 295764295aeSViresh Kumar help 296764295aeSViresh Kumar This adds the CPUFreq driver for UltraSPARC-IIe processors. 297764295aeSViresh Kumar 298764295aeSViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 299f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 300764295aeSViresh Kumar 301f41f4815SViresh Kumarif SUPERH 3027258267eSViresh Kumarconfig SH_CPU_FREQ 3037258267eSViresh Kumar tristate "SuperH CPU Frequency driver" 3047258267eSViresh Kumar help 3057258267eSViresh Kumar This adds the cpufreq driver for SuperH. Any CPU that supports 3067258267eSViresh Kumar clock rate rounding through the clock framework can use this 3077258267eSViresh Kumar driver. While it will make the kernel slightly larger, this is 3087258267eSViresh Kumar harmless for CPUs that don't support rate rounding. The driver 3097258267eSViresh Kumar will also generate a notice in the boot log before disabling 3107258267eSViresh Kumar itself if the CPU in question is not capable of rate rounding. 3117258267eSViresh Kumar 3127258267eSViresh Kumar If unsure, say N. 313f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 3147258267eSViresh Kumar 3152f249358STang Yuantianconfig QORIQ_CPUFREQ 3162f249358STang Yuantian tristate "CPU frequency scaling driver for Freescale QorIQ SoCs" 3171f1755afSGeert Uytterhoeven depends on OF && COMMON_CLK 3181f1755afSGeert Uytterhoeven depends on PPC_E500MC || SOC_LS1021A || ARCH_LAYERSCAPE || COMPILE_TEST 3192f249358STang Yuantian select CLK_QORIQ 3202f249358STang Yuantian help 3212f249358STang Yuantian This adds the CPUFreq driver support for Freescale QorIQ SoCs 3222f249358STang Yuantian which are capable of changing the CPU's frequency dynamically. 3232f249358STang Yuantian 324bb0a56ecSDave Jonesendif 325bb0a56ecSDave Jonesendmenu 326