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| author |   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2018-08-05 16:39:29 +0200 |
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| committer | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2018-08-05 16:39:29 +0200 |
| commit | f2701b77bbd992f3df4631de8493f21db0830452 (patch) | |
| tree | b05b2bf8b47002ae81c79aaa9de2a311b8ee075e /Documentation/admin-guide | |
| parent | x86/KVM/VMX: Don't set l1tf_flush_l1d from vmx_handle_external_intr() (diff) | |
| parent | Linux 4.18-rc7 (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-f2701b77bbd992f3df4631de8493f21db0830452.tar.xz linux-dev-f2701b77bbd992f3df4631de8493f21db0830452.zip | |
Merge 4.18-rc7 into master to pick up the KVM dependcy
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst | 16 |
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 9a08a7aa2bc3..1370b424a453 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -4924,3 +4924,8 @@ xirc2ps_cs= [NET,PCMCIA] Format: <irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]] + + xhci-hcd.quirks [USB,KNL] + A hex value specifying bitmask with supplemental xhci + host controller quirks. Meaning of each bit can be + consulted in header drivers/usb/host/xhci.h. diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst index ab2fe0eda1d7..8f1d3de449b5 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst @@ -324,8 +324,7 @@ Global Attributes ``intel_pstate`` exposes several global attributes (files) in ``sysfs`` to control its functionality at the system level. They are located in the -``/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/intel_pstate/`` directory and affect all -CPUs. +``/sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/`` directory and affect all CPUs. Some of them are not present if the ``intel_pstate=per_cpu_perf_limits`` argument is passed to the kernel in the command line. @@ -379,6 +378,17 @@ argument is passed to the kernel in the command line. but it affects the maximum possible value of per-policy P-state limits (see `Interpretation of Policy Attributes`_ below for details). +``hwp_dynamic_boost`` + This attribute is only present if ``intel_pstate`` works in the + `active mode with the HWP feature enabled <Active Mode With HWP_>`_ in + the processor. If set (equal to 1), it causes the minimum P-state limit + to be increased dynamically for a short time whenever a task previously + waiting on I/O is selected to run on a given logical CPU (the purpose + of this mechanism is to improve performance). + + This setting has no effect on logical CPUs whose minimum P-state limit + is directly set to the highest non-turbo P-state or above it. + .. _status_attr: ``status`` @@ -410,7 +420,7 @@ argument is passed to the kernel in the command line. That only is supported in some configurations, though (for example, if the `HWP feature is enabled in the processor <Active Mode With HWP_>`_, the operation mode of the driver cannot be changed), and if it is not - supported in the current configuration, writes to this attribute with + supported in the current configuration, writes to this attribute will fail with an appropriate error. Interpretation of Policy Attributes |