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 341da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "CPU frequency translation statistics" 351da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 361da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 371da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver exports CPU frequency statistics information through sysfs 389101be53SMike Frysinger file system. 399101be53SMike Frysinger 409101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 419101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_stats. 429101be53SMike Frysinger 439101be53SMike Frysinger If in doubt, say N. 441da177e4SLinus Torvalds 451da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_STAT_DETAILS 461da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "CPU frequency translation statistics details" 471da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on CPU_FREQ_STAT 481da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 491da177e4SLinus Torvalds This will show detail CPU frequency translation table in sysfs file 509101be53SMike Frysinger system. 519101be53SMike Frysinger 529101be53SMike Frysinger If in doubt, say N. 531da177e4SLinus Torvalds 541da177e4SLinus Torvaldschoice 551da177e4SLinus Torvalds prompt "Default CPUFreq governor" 56559f56c7SAlexander Shiyan default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE if ARM_SA1100_CPUFREQ || ARM_SA1110_CPUFREQ 571da177e4SLinus Torvalds default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE 581da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 591da177e4SLinus Torvalds This option sets which CPUFreq governor shall be loaded at 601da177e4SLinus Torvalds startup. If in doubt, select 'performance'. 611da177e4SLinus Torvalds 621da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE 631da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "performance" 641da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 651da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 661da177e4SLinus Torvalds Use the CPUFreq governor 'performance' as default. This sets 671da177e4SLinus Torvalds the frequency statically to the highest frequency supported by 681da177e4SLinus Torvalds the CPU. 691da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7030d221dbSAlessandro Guidoconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_POWERSAVE 7130d221dbSAlessandro Guido bool "powersave" 7230d221dbSAlessandro Guido select CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE 7330d221dbSAlessandro Guido help 7430d221dbSAlessandro Guido Use the CPUFreq governor 'powersave' as default. This sets 7530d221dbSAlessandro Guido the frequency statically to the lowest frequency supported by 7630d221dbSAlessandro Guido the CPU. 7730d221dbSAlessandro Guido 781da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE 791da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "userspace" 801da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE 811da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 821da177e4SLinus Torvalds Use the CPUFreq governor 'userspace' as default. This allows 830211a9c8SFrederik Schwarzer you to set the CPU frequency manually or when a userspace 841da177e4SLinus Torvalds program shall be able to set the CPU dynamically without having 851da177e4SLinus Torvalds to enable the userspace governor manually. 861da177e4SLinus Torvalds 871c256245SThomas Renningerconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_ONDEMAND 881c256245SThomas Renninger bool "ondemand" 891c256245SThomas Renninger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND 901c256245SThomas Renninger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 911c256245SThomas Renninger help 921c256245SThomas Renninger Use the CPUFreq governor 'ondemand' 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 ondemand 961c256245SThomas Renninger governor. If unsure have a look at the help section of the 971c256245SThomas Renninger driver. Fallback governor will be the performance governor. 981c256245SThomas Renninger 991c256245SThomas Renningerconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_CONSERVATIVE 1001c256245SThomas Renninger bool "conservative" 1011c256245SThomas Renninger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE 1021c256245SThomas Renninger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 1031c256245SThomas Renninger help 1041c256245SThomas Renninger Use the CPUFreq governor 'conservative' as default. This allows 1051c256245SThomas Renninger you to get a full dynamic frequency capable system by simply 1061c256245SThomas Renninger loading your cpufreq low-level hardware driver. 1071c256245SThomas Renninger Be aware that not all cpufreq drivers support the conservative 1081c256245SThomas Renninger governor. If unsure have a look at the help section of the 1091c256245SThomas Renninger driver. Fallback governor will be the performance governor. 1109bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki 1119bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysockiconfig CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_SCHEDUTIL 1129bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki bool "schedutil" 1139bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki select CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHEDUTIL 1149bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 1159bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki help 1169bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki Use the 'schedutil' CPUFreq governor by default. If unsure, 1179bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki have a look at the help section of that governor. The fallback 1189bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki governor will be 'performance'. 1199bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki 1201da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendchoice 1211da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1221da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE 1231da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "'performance' governor" 1241da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1251da177e4SLinus Torvalds This cpufreq governor sets the frequency statically to the 1261da177e4SLinus Torvalds highest 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_performance. 1309101be53SMike Frysinger 1311da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say Y. 1321da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1331da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE 1341da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "'powersave' governor" 1351da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1361da177e4SLinus Torvalds This cpufreq governor sets the frequency statically to the 1371da177e4SLinus Torvalds lowest available CPU frequency. 1381da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1399101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1409101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_powersave. 1419101be53SMike Frysinger 1421da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say Y. 1431da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1441da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE 1451da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "'userspace' governor for userspace frequency scaling" 1461da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1471da177e4SLinus Torvalds Enable this cpufreq governor when you either want to set the 1480211a9c8SFrederik Schwarzer CPU frequency manually or when a userspace program shall 1491da177e4SLinus Torvalds be able to set the CPU dynamically, like on LART 1504c41251eSErik Mouw <http://www.lartmaker.nl/>. 1511da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1529101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1539101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_userspace. 1549101be53SMike Frysinger 1551da177e4SLinus Torvalds For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>. 1561da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1571da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say Y. 1581da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1591da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND 1601da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "'ondemand' cpufreq policy governor" 1611e15f295SLarry Finger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON 1621da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1631da177e4SLinus Torvalds 'ondemand' - This driver adds a dynamic cpufreq policy governor. 1641da177e4SLinus Torvalds The governor does a periodic polling and 1651da177e4SLinus Torvalds changes frequency based on the CPU utilization. 1661da177e4SLinus Torvalds The support for this governor depends on CPU capability to 1671da177e4SLinus Torvalds do fast frequency switching (i.e, very low latency frequency 1681da177e4SLinus Torvalds transitions). 1691da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1709101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1719101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_ondemand. 1729101be53SMike Frysinger 1731da177e4SLinus Torvalds For details, take a look at linux/Documentation/cpu-freq. 1741da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1751da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 1761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 177b9170836SDave Jonesconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE 178b9170836SDave Jones tristate "'conservative' cpufreq governor" 179b9170836SDave Jones depends on CPU_FREQ 1801e15f295SLarry Finger select CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON 181b9170836SDave Jones help 182b9170836SDave Jones 'conservative' - this driver is rather similar to the 'ondemand' 183b9170836SDave Jones governor both in its source code and its purpose, the difference is 184b9170836SDave Jones its optimisation for better suitability in a battery powered 185b9170836SDave Jones environment. The frequency is gracefully increased and decreased 186b9170836SDave Jones rather than jumping to 100% when speed is required. 187b9170836SDave Jones 188b9170836SDave Jones If you have a desktop machine then you should really be considering 189b9170836SDave Jones the 'ondemand' governor instead, however if you are using a laptop, 190b9170836SDave Jones PDA or even an AMD64 based computer (due to the unacceptable 191b9170836SDave Jones step-by-step latency issues between the minimum and maximum frequency 192b9170836SDave Jones transitions in the CPU) you will probably want to use this governor. 193b9170836SDave Jones 1949101be53SMike Frysinger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 1959101be53SMike Frysinger module will be called cpufreq_conservative. 1969101be53SMike Frysinger 197b9170836SDave Jones For details, take a look at linux/Documentation/cpu-freq. 198b9170836SDave Jones 199b9170836SDave Jones If in doubt, say N. 200b9170836SDave Jones 2019bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysockiconfig CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHEDUTIL 2029bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki tristate "'schedutil' cpufreq policy governor" 2039bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki depends on CPU_FREQ 2049bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki select CPU_FREQ_GOV_ATTR_SET 2059bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki select IRQ_WORK 2069bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki help 2079bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki This governor makes decisions based on the utilization data provided 2089bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki by the scheduler. It sets the CPU frequency to be proportional to 2099bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki the utilization/capacity ratio coming from the scheduler. If the 2109bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki utilization is frequency-invariant, the new frequency is also 2119bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki proportional to the maximum available frequency. If that is not the 2129bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki case, it is proportional to the current frequency of the CPU. The 2139bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki frequency tipping point is at utilization/capacity equal to 80% in 2149bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki both cases. 2159bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki 2169bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will 2179bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki be called cpufreq_schedutil. 2189bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki 2199bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki If in doubt, say N. 2209bdcb44eSRafael J. Wysocki 221f41f4815SViresh Kumarcomment "CPU frequency scaling drivers" 222f41f4815SViresh Kumar 223bbcf0719SViresh Kumarconfig CPUFREQ_DT 224bbcf0719SViresh Kumar tristate "Generic DT based cpufreq driver" 2255fbfbcd3SViresh Kumar depends on HAVE_CLK && OF 226bbcf0719SViresh Kumar # if CPU_THERMAL is on and THERMAL=m, CPUFREQ_DT cannot be =y: 227217886d3SArnd Bergmann depends on !CPU_THERMAL || THERMAL 228*f56aad1dSViresh Kumar select CPUFREQ_DT_PLATDEV 229109df086SMark Brown select PM_OPP 23095ceafd4SShawn Guo help 231bbcf0719SViresh Kumar This adds a generic DT based cpufreq driver for frequency management. 23295ceafd4SShawn Guo It supports both uniprocessor (UP) and symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) 23395ceafd4SShawn Guo systems which share clock and voltage across all CPUs. 23495ceafd4SShawn Guo 23595ceafd4SShawn Guo If in doubt, say N. 23695ceafd4SShawn Guo 237*f56aad1dSViresh Kumarconfig CPUFREQ_DT_PLATDEV 238*f56aad1dSViresh Kumar bool 239*f56aad1dSViresh Kumar help 240*f56aad1dSViresh Kumar This adds a generic DT based cpufreq platdev driver for frequency 241*f56aad1dSViresh Kumar management. This creates a 'cpufreq-dt' platform device, on the 242*f56aad1dSViresh Kumar supported platforms. 243*f56aad1dSViresh Kumar 244*f56aad1dSViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 245*f56aad1dSViresh Kumar 246f41f4815SViresh Kumarif X86 247bb0a56ecSDave Jonessource "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86" 248f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 249bb0a56ecSDave Jones 250f41f4815SViresh Kumarif ARM || ARM64 251f7d77079SKukjin Kimsource "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.arm" 252f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 253f7d77079SKukjin Kim 254f41f4815SViresh Kumarif PPC32 || PPC64 255f41f4815SViresh Kumarsource "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.powerpc" 256f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 25781c720c9SViresh Kumar 258f41f4815SViresh Kumarif AVR32 25981c720c9SViresh Kumarconfig AVR32_AT32AP_CPUFREQ 26081c720c9SViresh Kumar bool "CPU frequency driver for AT32AP" 26181c720c9SViresh Kumar depends on PLATFORM_AT32AP 26281c720c9SViresh Kumar default n 26381c720c9SViresh Kumar help 26481c720c9SViresh Kumar This enables the CPU frequency driver for AT32AP processors. 26581c720c9SViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 266f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 26781c720c9SViresh Kumar 268f41f4815SViresh Kumarif IA64 269ab423e43SViresh Kumarconfig IA64_ACPI_CPUFREQ 270ab423e43SViresh Kumar tristate "ACPI Processor P-States driver" 271ab423e43SViresh Kumar depends on ACPI_PROCESSOR 272ab423e43SViresh Kumar help 273ab423e43SViresh Kumar This driver adds a CPUFreq driver which utilizes the ACPI 274ab423e43SViresh Kumar Processor Performance States. 275ab423e43SViresh Kumar 276ab423e43SViresh Kumar For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>. 277ab423e43SViresh Kumar 278ab423e43SViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 279f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 280ab423e43SViresh Kumar 281f41f4815SViresh Kumarif MIPS 2827a998935SViresh Kumarconfig LOONGSON2_CPUFREQ 2837a998935SViresh Kumar tristate "Loongson2 CPUFreq Driver" 2847a998935SViresh Kumar help 2857a998935SViresh Kumar This option adds a CPUFreq driver for loongson processors which 2867a998935SViresh Kumar support software configurable cpu frequency. 2877a998935SViresh Kumar 2887a998935SViresh Kumar Loongson2F and it's successors support this feature. 2897a998935SViresh Kumar 2907a998935SViresh Kumar For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>. 2917a998935SViresh Kumar 2927a998935SViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 2937a998935SViresh Kumar 294a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheungconfig LOONGSON1_CPUFREQ 295a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung tristate "Loongson1 CPUFreq Driver" 296a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung help 297a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung This option adds a CPUFreq driver for loongson1 processors which 298a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung support software configurable cpu frequency. 299a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung 300a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>. 301a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung 302a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung If in doubt, say N. 303f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 304a0a22cf1SKelvin Cheung 305f41f4815SViresh Kumarif SPARC64 306764295aeSViresh Kumarconfig SPARC_US3_CPUFREQ 307764295aeSViresh Kumar tristate "UltraSPARC-III CPU Frequency driver" 308764295aeSViresh Kumar help 309764295aeSViresh Kumar This adds the CPUFreq driver for UltraSPARC-III processors. 310764295aeSViresh Kumar 311764295aeSViresh Kumar For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>. 312764295aeSViresh Kumar 313764295aeSViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 314764295aeSViresh Kumar 315764295aeSViresh Kumarconfig SPARC_US2E_CPUFREQ 316764295aeSViresh Kumar tristate "UltraSPARC-IIe CPU Frequency driver" 317764295aeSViresh Kumar help 318764295aeSViresh Kumar This adds the CPUFreq driver for UltraSPARC-IIe processors. 319764295aeSViresh Kumar 320764295aeSViresh Kumar For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>. 321764295aeSViresh Kumar 322764295aeSViresh Kumar If in doubt, say N. 323f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 324764295aeSViresh Kumar 325f41f4815SViresh Kumarif SUPERH 3267258267eSViresh Kumarconfig SH_CPU_FREQ 3277258267eSViresh Kumar tristate "SuperH CPU Frequency driver" 3287258267eSViresh Kumar help 3297258267eSViresh Kumar This adds the cpufreq driver for SuperH. Any CPU that supports 3307258267eSViresh Kumar clock rate rounding through the clock framework can use this 3317258267eSViresh Kumar driver. While it will make the kernel slightly larger, this is 3327258267eSViresh Kumar harmless for CPUs that don't support rate rounding. The driver 3337258267eSViresh Kumar will also generate a notice in the boot log before disabling 3347258267eSViresh Kumar itself if the CPU in question is not capable of rate rounding. 3357258267eSViresh Kumar 3367258267eSViresh Kumar For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>. 3377258267eSViresh Kumar 3387258267eSViresh Kumar If unsure, say N. 339f41f4815SViresh Kumarendif 3407258267eSViresh Kumar 3412f249358STang Yuantianconfig QORIQ_CPUFREQ 3422f249358STang Yuantian tristate "CPU frequency scaling driver for Freescale QorIQ SoCs" 3432f249358STang Yuantian depends on OF && COMMON_CLK && (PPC_E500MC || ARM) 344ddd30ef4SArnd Bergmann depends on !CPU_THERMAL || THERMAL 3452f249358STang Yuantian select CLK_QORIQ 3462f249358STang Yuantian help 3472f249358STang Yuantian This adds the CPUFreq driver support for Freescale QorIQ SoCs 3482f249358STang Yuantian which are capable of changing the CPU's frequency dynamically. 3492f249358STang Yuantian 350bb0a56ecSDave Jonesendif 351bb0a56ecSDave Jonesendmenu 352