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 211e15f295SLarry Fingerconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON 22*e6f03657SRafael J. Wysocki select IRQ_WORK 231e15f295SLarry Finger bool 241e15f295SLarry Finger 252fb4719bSLukasz Majewskiconfig CPU_FREQ_BOOST_SW 262fb4719bSLukasz Majewski bool 272fb4719bSLukasz Majewski depends on THERMAL 282fb4719bSLukasz Majewski 291da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_STAT 301da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "CPU frequency translation statistics" 311da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 321da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 331da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver exports CPU frequency statistics information through sysfs 349101be53SMike Frysinger file system. 359101be53SMike Frysinger 369101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 379101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_stats. 389101be53SMike Frysinger 399101be53SMike Frysinger If in doubt, say N. 401da177e4SLinus Torvalds 411da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_STAT_DETAILS 421da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "CPU frequency translation statistics details" 431da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on CPU_FREQ_STAT 441da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 451da177e4SLinus Torvalds This will show detail CPU frequency translation table in sysfs file 469101be53SMike Frysinger system. 479101be53SMike Frysinger 489101be53SMike Frysinger If in doubt, say N. 491da177e4SLinus Torvalds 501da177e4SLinus Torvaldschoice 511da177e4SLinus Torvalds prompt "Default CPUFreq governor" 52559f56c7SAlexander Shiyan default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE if ARM_SA1100_CPUFREQ || ARM_SA1110_CPUFREQ 531da177e4SLinus Torvalds default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE 541da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 551da177e4SLinus Torvalds This option sets which CPUFreq governor shall be loaded at 561da177e4SLinus Torvalds startup. If in doubt, select 'performance'. 571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 581da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE 591da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "performance" 601da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 611da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 621da177e4SLinus Torvalds Use the CPUFreq governor 'performance' as default. This sets 631da177e4SLinus Torvalds the frequency statically to the highest frequency supported by 641da177e4SLinus Torvalds the CPU. 651da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6630d221dbSAlessandro Guidoconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_POWERSAVE 6730d221dbSAlessandro Guido bool "powersave" 6830d221dbSAlessandro Guido select CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE 6930d221dbSAlessandro Guido help 7030d221dbSAlessandro Guido Use the CPUFreq governor 'powersave' as default. This sets 7130d221dbSAlessandro Guido the frequency statically to the lowest frequency supported by 7230d221dbSAlessandro Guido the CPU. 7330d221dbSAlessandro Guido 741da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE 751da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "userspace" 761da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE 771da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 781da177e4SLinus Torvalds Use the CPUFreq governor 'userspace' as default. This allows 790211a9c8SFrederik Schwarzer you to set the CPU frequency manually or when a userspace 801da177e4SLinus Torvalds program shall be able to set the CPU dynamically without having 811da177e4SLinus Torvalds to enable the userspace governor manually. 821da177e4SLinus Torvalds 831c256245SThomas Renningerconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_ONDEMAND 841c256245SThomas Renninger bool "ondemand" 851c256245SThomas Renninger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND 861c256245SThomas Renninger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 871c256245SThomas Renninger help 881c256245SThomas Renninger Use the CPUFreq governor 'ondemand' 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 ondemand 921c256245SThomas Renninger governor. If unsure have a look at the help section of the 931c256245SThomas Renninger driver. Fallback governor will be the performance governor. 941c256245SThomas Renninger 951c256245SThomas Renningerconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_CONSERVATIVE 961c256245SThomas Renninger bool "conservative" 971c256245SThomas Renninger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE 981c256245SThomas Renninger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 991c256245SThomas Renninger help 1001c256245SThomas Renninger Use the CPUFreq governor 'conservative' as default. This allows 1011c256245SThomas Renninger you to get a full dynamic frequency capable system by simply 1021c256245SThomas Renninger loading your cpufreq low-level hardware driver. 1031c256245SThomas Renninger Be aware that not all cpufreq drivers support the conservative 1041c256245SThomas Renninger governor. If unsure have a look at the help section of the 1051c256245SThomas Renninger driver. Fallback governor will be the performance governor. 1061da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendchoice 1071da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1081da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 1091da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "'performance' governor" 1101da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1111da177e4SLinus Torvalds This cpufreq governor sets the frequency statically to the 1121da177e4SLinus Torvalds highest available CPU frequency. 1131da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1149101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1159101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_performance. 1169101be53SMike Frysinger 1171da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say Y. 1181da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1191da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE 1201da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "'powersave' governor" 1211da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1221da177e4SLinus Torvalds This cpufreq governor sets the frequency statically to the 1231da177e4SLinus Torvalds lowest available CPU frequency. 1241da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1259101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1269101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_powersave. 1279101be53SMike Frysinger 1281da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say Y. 1291da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1301da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE 1311da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "'userspace' governor for userspace frequency scaling" 1321da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1331da177e4SLinus Torvalds Enable this cpufreq governor when you either want to set the 1340211a9c8SFrederik Schwarzer CPU frequency manually or when a userspace program shall 1351da177e4SLinus Torvalds be able to set the CPU dynamically, like on LART 1364c41251eSErik Mouw <http://www.lartmaker.nl/>. 1371da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1389101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1399101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_userspace. 1409101be53SMike Frysinger 1411da177e4SLinus Torvalds For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>. 1421da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1431da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say Y. 1441da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1451da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND 1461da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "'ondemand' cpufreq policy governor" 1471e15f295SLarry Finger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON 1481da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1491da177e4SLinus Torvalds 'ondemand' - This driver adds a dynamic cpufreq policy governor. 1501da177e4SLinus Torvalds The governor does a periodic polling and 1511da177e4SLinus Torvalds changes frequency based on the CPU utilization. 1521da177e4SLinus Torvalds The support for this governor depends on CPU capability to 1531da177e4SLinus Torvalds do fast frequency switching (i.e, very low latency frequency 1541da177e4SLinus Torvalds transitions). 1551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1569101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1579101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_ondemand. 1589101be53SMike Frysinger 1591da177e4SLinus Torvalds For details, take a look at linux/Documentation/cpu-freq. 1601da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1611da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 1621da177e4SLinus Torvalds 163b9170836SDave Jonesconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE 164b9170836SDave Jones tristate "'conservative' cpufreq governor" 165b9170836SDave Jones depends on CPU_FREQ 1661e15f295SLarry Finger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON 167b9170836SDave Jones help 168b9170836SDave Jones 'conservative' - this driver is rather similar to the 'ondemand' 169b9170836SDave Jones governor both in its source code and its purpose, the difference is 170b9170836SDave Jones its optimisation for better suitability in a battery powered 171b9170836SDave Jones environment. The frequency is gracefully increased and decreased 172b9170836SDave Jones rather than jumping to 100% when speed is required. 173b9170836SDave Jones 174b9170836SDave Jones If you have a desktop machine then you should really be considering 175b9170836SDave Jones the 'ondemand' governor instead, however if you are using a laptop, 176b9170836SDave Jones PDA or even an AMD64 based computer (due to the unacceptable 177b9170836SDave Jones step-by-step latency issues between the minimum and maximum frequency 178b9170836SDave Jones transitions in the CPU) you will probably want to use this governor. 179b9170836SDave Jones 1809101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1819101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_conservative. 1829101be53SMike Frysinger 183b9170836SDave Jones For details, take a look at linux/Documentation/cpu-freq. 184b9170836SDave Jones 185b9170836SDave Jones If in doubt, say N. 186b9170836SDave Jones 187f41f4815SViresh Kumarcomment "CPU frequency scaling drivers" 188f41f4815SViresh Kumar 189bbcf0719SViresh Kumarconfig CPUFREQ_DT 190bbcf0719SViresh Kumar tristate "Generic DT based cpufreq driver" 1915fbfbcd3SViresh Kumar depends on HAVE_CLK && OF 192bbcf0719SViresh Kumar # if CPU_THERMAL is on and THERMAL=m, CPUFREQ_DT cannot be =y: 193217886d3SArnd Bergmann depends on !CPU_THERMAL || THERMAL 194109df086SMark Brown select PM_OPP 19595ceafd4SShawn Guo help 196bbcf0719SViresh Kumar This adds a generic DT based cpufreq driver for frequency management. 19795ceafd4SShawn Guo It supports both uniprocessor (UP) and symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) 19895ceafd4SShawn Guo systems which share clock and voltage across all CPUs. 19995ceafd4SShawn Guo 20095ceafd4SShawn Guo If in doubt, say N. 20195ceafd4SShawn Guo 202f41f4815SViresh Kumarif X86 203bb0a56ecSDave Jonessource "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86" 204f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 205bb0a56ecSDave Jones 206f41f4815SViresh Kumarif ARM || ARM64 207f7d77079SKukjin Kimsource "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.arm" 208f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 209f7d77079SKukjin Kim 210f41f4815SViresh Kumarif PPC32 || PPC64 211f41f4815SViresh Kumarsource "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.powerpc" 212f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 21381c720c9SViresh Kumar 214f41f4815SViresh Kumarif AVR32 21581c720c9SViresh Kumarconfig AVR32_AT32AP_CPUFREQ 21681c720c9SViresh Kumar bool "CPU frequency driver for AT32AP" 21781c720c9SViresh Kumar depends on PLATFORM_AT32AP 21881c720c9SViresh Kumar default n 21981c720c9SViresh Kumar help 22081c720c9SViresh Kumar This enables the CPU frequency driver for AT32AP processors. 22181c720c9SViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 222f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 22381c720c9SViresh Kumar 224f41f4815SViresh Kumarif IA64 225ab423e43SViresh Kumarconfig IA64_ACPI_CPUFREQ 226ab423e43SViresh Kumar tristate "ACPI Processor P-States driver" 227ab423e43SViresh Kumar depends on ACPI_PROCESSOR 228ab423e43SViresh Kumar help 229ab423e43SViresh Kumar This driver adds a CPUFreq driver which utilizes the ACPI 230ab423e43SViresh Kumar Processor Performance States. 231ab423e43SViresh Kumar 232ab423e43SViresh Kumar For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>. 233ab423e43SViresh Kumar 234ab423e43SViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 235f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 236ab423e43SViresh Kumar 237f41f4815SViresh Kumarif MIPS 2387a998935SViresh Kumarconfig LOONGSON2_CPUFREQ 2397a998935SViresh Kumar tristate "Loongson2 CPUFreq Driver" 2407a998935SViresh Kumar help 2417a998935SViresh Kumar This option adds a CPUFreq driver for loongson processors which 2427a998935SViresh Kumar support software configurable cpu frequency. 2437a998935SViresh Kumar 2447a998935SViresh Kumar Loongson2F and it's successors support this feature. 2457a998935SViresh Kumar 2467a998935SViresh Kumar For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>. 2477a998935SViresh Kumar 2487a998935SViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 2497a998935SViresh Kumar 250a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheungconfig LOONGSON1_CPUFREQ 251a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung tristate "Loongson1 CPUFreq Driver" 252a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung help 253a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung This option adds a CPUFreq driver for loongson1 processors which 254a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung support software configurable cpu frequency. 255a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung 256a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>. 257a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung 258a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung If in doubt, say N. 259f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 260a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung 261f41f4815SViresh Kumarif SPARC64 262764295aeSViresh Kumarconfig SPARC_US3_CPUFREQ 263764295aeSViresh Kumar tristate "UltraSPARC-III CPU Frequency driver" 264764295aeSViresh Kumar help 265764295aeSViresh Kumar This adds the CPUFreq driver for UltraSPARC-III processors. 266764295aeSViresh Kumar 267764295aeSViresh Kumar For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>. 268764295aeSViresh Kumar 269764295aeSViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 270764295aeSViresh Kumar 271764295aeSViresh Kumarconfig SPARC_US2E_CPUFREQ 272764295aeSViresh Kumar tristate "UltraSPARC-IIe CPU Frequency driver" 273764295aeSViresh Kumar help 274764295aeSViresh Kumar This adds the CPUFreq driver for UltraSPARC-IIe processors. 275764295aeSViresh Kumar 276764295aeSViresh Kumar For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>. 277764295aeSViresh Kumar 278764295aeSViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 279f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 280764295aeSViresh Kumar 281f41f4815SViresh Kumarif SUPERH 2827258267eSViresh Kumarconfig SH_CPU_FREQ 2837258267eSViresh Kumar tristate "SuperH CPU Frequency driver" 2847258267eSViresh Kumar help 2857258267eSViresh Kumar This adds the cpufreq driver for SuperH. Any CPU that supports 2867258267eSViresh Kumar clock rate rounding through the clock framework can use this 2877258267eSViresh Kumar driver. While it will make the kernel slightly larger, this is 2887258267eSViresh Kumar harmless for CPUs that don't support rate rounding. The driver 2897258267eSViresh Kumar will also generate a notice in the boot log before disabling 2907258267eSViresh Kumar itself if the CPU in question is not capable of rate rounding. 2917258267eSViresh Kumar 2927258267eSViresh Kumar For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>. 2937258267eSViresh Kumar 2947258267eSViresh Kumar If unsure, say N. 295f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 2967258267eSViresh Kumar 2972f249358STang Yuantianconfig QORIQ_CPUFREQ 2982f249358STang Yuantian tristate "CPU frequency scaling driver for Freescale QorIQ SoCs" 2992f249358STang Yuantian depends on OF && COMMON_CLK && (PPC_E500MC || ARM) 3002f249358STang Yuantian select CLK_QORIQ 3012f249358STang Yuantian help 3022f249358STang Yuantian This adds the CPUFreq driver support for Freescale QorIQ SoCs 3032f249358STang Yuantian which are capable of changing the CPU's frequency dynamically. 3042f249358STang Yuantian 305bb0a56ecSDave Jonesendif 306bb0a56ecSDave Jonesendmenu 307