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 161da177e4SLinus Torvalds For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>. 171da177e4SLinus Torvalds 181da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 191da177e4SLinus Torvalds 201da177e4SLinus Torvaldsif CPU_FREQ 211da177e4SLinus Torvalds 222d0c58adSRafael J. Wysockiconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_ATTR_SET 232d0c58adSRafael J. Wysocki bool 242d0c58adSRafael J. Wysocki 251e15f295SLarry Fingerconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON 262d0c58adSRafael J. Wysocki select CPU_FREQ_GOV_ATTR_SET 27e6f03657SRafael J. Wysocki select IRQ_WORK 281e15f295SLarry Finger bool 291e15f295SLarry Finger 301da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_STAT 311aefc75bSRafael J. Wysocki bool "CPU frequency transition statistics" 321da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 331aefc75bSRafael J. Wysocki Export CPU frequency statistics information through sysfs. 349101be53SMike Frysinger 359101be53SMike Frysinger If in doubt, say N. 361da177e4SLinus Torvalds 371da177e4SLinus Torvaldschoice 381da177e4SLinus Torvalds prompt "Default CPUFreq governor" 39559f56c7SAlexander Shiyan default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE if ARM_SA1100_CPUFREQ || ARM_SA1110_CPUFREQ 40*a00ec387SRafael J. Wysocki default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_SCHEDUTIL if X86_INTEL_PSTATE && SMP 411da177e4SLinus Torvalds default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE 421da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 431da177e4SLinus Torvalds This option sets which CPUFreq governor shall be loaded at 44*a00ec387SRafael J. Wysocki startup. If in doubt, use the default setting. 451da177e4SLinus Torvalds 461da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE 471da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "performance" 481da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 491da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 501da177e4SLinus Torvalds Use the CPUFreq governor 'performance' as default. This sets 511da177e4SLinus Torvalds the frequency statically to the highest frequency supported by 521da177e4SLinus Torvalds the CPU. 531da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5430d221dbSAlessandro Guidoconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_POWERSAVE 5530d221dbSAlessandro Guido bool "powersave" 5630d221dbSAlessandro Guido select CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE 5730d221dbSAlessandro Guido help 5830d221dbSAlessandro Guido Use the CPUFreq governor 'powersave' as default. This sets 5930d221dbSAlessandro Guido the frequency statically to the lowest frequency supported by 6030d221dbSAlessandro Guido the CPU. 6130d221dbSAlessandro Guido 621da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE 631da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "userspace" 641da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE 651da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 661da177e4SLinus Torvalds Use the CPUFreq governor 'userspace' as default. This allows 670211a9c8SFrederik Schwarzer you to set the CPU frequency manually or when a userspace 681da177e4SLinus Torvalds program shall be able to set the CPU dynamically without having 691da177e4SLinus Torvalds to enable the userspace governor manually. 701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 711c256245SThomas Renningerconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_ONDEMAND 721c256245SThomas Renninger bool "ondemand" 731c256245SThomas Renninger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND 741c256245SThomas Renninger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 751c256245SThomas Renninger help 761c256245SThomas Renninger Use the CPUFreq governor 'ondemand' as default. This allows 771c256245SThomas Renninger you to get a full dynamic frequency capable system by simply 781c256245SThomas Renninger loading your cpufreq low-level hardware driver. 791c256245SThomas Renninger Be aware that not all cpufreq drivers support the ondemand 801c256245SThomas Renninger governor. If unsure have a look at the help section of the 811c256245SThomas Renninger driver. Fallback governor will be the performance governor. 821c256245SThomas Renninger 831c256245SThomas Renningerconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_CONSERVATIVE 841c256245SThomas Renninger bool "conservative" 851c256245SThomas Renninger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE 861c256245SThomas Renninger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 871c256245SThomas Renninger help 881c256245SThomas Renninger Use the CPUFreq governor 'conservative' as default. This allows 891c256245SThomas Renninger you to get a full dynamic frequency capable system by simply 901c256245SThomas Renninger loading your cpufreq low-level hardware driver. 911c256245SThomas Renninger Be aware that not all cpufreq drivers support the conservative 921c256245SThomas Renninger governor. If unsure have a look at the help section of the 931c256245SThomas Renninger driver. Fallback governor will be the performance governor. 949bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki 959bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysockiconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_SCHEDUTIL 969bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki bool "schedutil" 97cfe9492fSArnd Bergmann depends on SMP 989bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki select CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHEDUTIL 999bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 1009bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki help 1019bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki Use the 'schedutil' CPUFreq governor by default. If unsure, 1029bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki have a look at the help section of that governor. The fallback 1039bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki governor will be 'performance'. 1049bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki 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 1869bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysockiconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHEDUTIL 18758919e83SRafael J. Wysocki bool "'schedutil' cpufreq policy governor" 188bf7cdff1SRafael J. Wysocki depends on CPU_FREQ && SMP 1899bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki select CPU_FREQ_GOV_ATTR_SET 1909bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki select IRQ_WORK 1919bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki help 1929bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki This governor makes decisions based on the utilization data provided 1939bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki by the scheduler. It sets the CPU frequency to be proportional to 1949bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki the utilization/capacity ratio coming from the scheduler. If the 1959bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki utilization is frequency-invariant, the new frequency is also 1969bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki proportional to the maximum available frequency. If that is not the 1979bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki case, it is proportional to the current frequency of the CPU. The 1989bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki frequency tipping point is at utilization/capacity equal to 80% in 1999bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki both cases. 2009bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki 2019bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki If in doubt, say N. 2029bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki 203f41f4815SViresh Kumarcomment "CPU frequency scaling drivers" 204f41f4815SViresh Kumar 205bbcf0719SViresh Kumarconfig CPUFREQ_DT 206bbcf0719SViresh Kumar tristate "Generic DT based cpufreq driver" 2075fbfbcd3SViresh Kumar depends on HAVE_CLK && OF 208f56aad1dSViresh Kumar select CPUFREQ_DT_PLATDEV 209109df086SMark Brown select PM_OPP 21095ceafd4SShawn Guo help 211bbcf0719SViresh Kumar This adds a generic DT based cpufreq driver for frequency management. 21295ceafd4SShawn Guo It supports both uniprocessor (UP) and symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) 21333cc4fc1SViresh Kumar systems. 21495ceafd4SShawn Guo 21595ceafd4SShawn Guo If in doubt, say N. 21695ceafd4SShawn Guo 217f56aad1dSViresh Kumarconfig CPUFREQ_DT_PLATDEV 218f56aad1dSViresh Kumar bool 219f56aad1dSViresh Kumar help 220f56aad1dSViresh Kumar This adds a generic DT based cpufreq platdev driver for frequency 221f56aad1dSViresh Kumar management. This creates a 'cpufreq-dt' platform device, on the 222f56aad1dSViresh Kumar supported platforms. 223f56aad1dSViresh Kumar 224f56aad1dSViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 225f56aad1dSViresh Kumar 226f41f4815SViresh Kumarif X86 227bb0a56ecSDave Jonessource "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86" 228f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 229bb0a56ecSDave Jones 230f41f4815SViresh Kumarif ARM || ARM64 231f7d77079SKukjin Kimsource "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.arm" 232f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 233f7d77079SKukjin Kim 234f41f4815SViresh Kumarif PPC32 || PPC64 235f41f4815SViresh Kumarsource "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.powerpc" 236f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 23781c720c9SViresh Kumar 238f41f4815SViresh Kumarif IA64 239ab423e43SViresh Kumarconfig IA64_ACPI_CPUFREQ 240ab423e43SViresh Kumar tristate "ACPI Processor P-States driver" 241ab423e43SViresh Kumar depends on ACPI_PROCESSOR 242ab423e43SViresh Kumar help 243ab423e43SViresh Kumar This driver adds a CPUFreq driver which utilizes the ACPI 244ab423e43SViresh Kumar Processor Performance States. 245ab423e43SViresh Kumar 246ab423e43SViresh Kumar For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>. 247ab423e43SViresh Kumar 248ab423e43SViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 249f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 250ab423e43SViresh Kumar 251f41f4815SViresh Kumarif MIPS 252cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayerconfig BMIPS_CPUFREQ 253cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer tristate "BMIPS CPUfreq Driver" 254cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer help 255cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer This option adds a CPUfreq driver for BMIPS processors with 256cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer support for configurable CPU frequency. 257cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer 258cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer For now, BMIPS5 chips are supported (such as the Broadcom 7425). 259cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer 260cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer If in doubt, say N. 261cdb56cbfSMarkus Mayer 2627a998935SViresh Kumarconfig LOONGSON2_CPUFREQ 2637a998935SViresh Kumar tristate "Loongson2 CPUFreq Driver" 2640d307935SJames Hogan depends on LEMOTE_MACH2F 2657a998935SViresh Kumar help 2667a998935SViresh Kumar This option adds a CPUFreq driver for loongson processors which 2677a998935SViresh Kumar support software configurable cpu frequency. 2687a998935SViresh Kumar 2697a998935SViresh Kumar Loongson2F and it's successors support this feature. 2707a998935SViresh Kumar 2717a998935SViresh Kumar For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>. 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 For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>. 283a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung 284a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung If in doubt, say N. 285f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 286a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung 287f41f4815SViresh Kumarif SPARC64 288764295aeSViresh Kumarconfig SPARC_US3_CPUFREQ 289764295aeSViresh Kumar tristate "UltraSPARC-III CPU Frequency driver" 290764295aeSViresh Kumar help 291764295aeSViresh Kumar This adds the CPUFreq driver for UltraSPARC-III processors. 292764295aeSViresh Kumar 293764295aeSViresh Kumar For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>. 294764295aeSViresh Kumar 295764295aeSViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 296764295aeSViresh Kumar 297764295aeSViresh Kumarconfig SPARC_US2E_CPUFREQ 298764295aeSViresh Kumar tristate "UltraSPARC-IIe CPU Frequency driver" 299764295aeSViresh Kumar help 300764295aeSViresh Kumar This adds the CPUFreq driver for UltraSPARC-IIe processors. 301764295aeSViresh Kumar 302764295aeSViresh Kumar For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>. 303764295aeSViresh Kumar 304764295aeSViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 305f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 306764295aeSViresh Kumar 307f41f4815SViresh Kumarif SUPERH 3087258267eSViresh Kumarconfig SH_CPU_FREQ 3097258267eSViresh Kumar tristate "SuperH CPU Frequency driver" 3107258267eSViresh Kumar help 3117258267eSViresh Kumar This adds the cpufreq driver for SuperH. Any CPU that supports 3127258267eSViresh Kumar clock rate rounding through the clock framework can use this 3137258267eSViresh Kumar driver. While it will make the kernel slightly larger, this is 3147258267eSViresh Kumar harmless for CPUs that don't support rate rounding. The driver 3157258267eSViresh Kumar will also generate a notice in the boot log before disabling 3167258267eSViresh Kumar itself if the CPU in question is not capable of rate rounding. 3177258267eSViresh Kumar 3187258267eSViresh Kumar For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>. 3197258267eSViresh Kumar 3207258267eSViresh Kumar If unsure, say N. 321f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 3227258267eSViresh Kumar 3232f249358STang Yuantianconfig QORIQ_CPUFREQ 3242f249358STang Yuantian tristate "CPU frequency scaling driver for Freescale QorIQ SoCs" 3255026ac23STang Yuantian depends on OF && COMMON_CLK && (PPC_E500MC || ARM || ARM64) 3262f249358STang Yuantian select CLK_QORIQ 3272f249358STang Yuantian help 3282f249358STang Yuantian This adds the CPUFreq driver support for Freescale QorIQ SoCs 3292f249358STang Yuantian which are capable of changing the CPU's frequency dynamically. 3302f249358STang Yuantian 331bb0a56ecSDave Jonesendif 332bb0a56ecSDave Jonesendmenu 333