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authorMark Langsdorf <mark.langsdorf@amd.com>2009-02-03 17:46:43 +0100
committerDave Jones <davej@redhat.com>2009-02-05 12:25:26 -0500
commit732553e567c2700ba5b9bccc6ec885c75779a94b (patch)
tree1b6d7b2686244908935a1c270c86651e904c5f3f /arch
parent[CPUFREQ] Make ignore_nice_load setting of ondemand work as expected. (diff)
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[CPUFREQ] powernow-k8: Get transition latency from ACPI _PSS table
At this time, the PowerNow! driver for K8 uses an experimentally derived formula to calculate transition latency. The value it provides is orders of magnitude too large on modern systems. This patch replaces the formula with ACPI _PSS latency values for more accuracy and better performance. I've tested it on two 2nd generation Opteron systems, a 3rd generation Operton system, and a Turion X2 without seeing any stability problems. Signed-off-by: Mark Langsdorf <mark.langsdorf@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c28
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
index 5c28b37dea11..fb039cd345d8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
@@ -939,10 +939,25 @@ static void powernow_k8_cpu_exit_acpi(struct powernow_k8_data *data)
free_cpumask_var(data->acpi_data.shared_cpu_map);
}
+static int get_transition_latency(struct powernow_k8_data *data)
+{
+ int max_latency = 0;
+ int i;
+ for (i = 0; i < data->acpi_data.state_count; i++) {
+ int cur_latency = data->acpi_data.states[i].transition_latency
+ + data->acpi_data.states[i].bus_master_latency;
+ if (cur_latency > max_latency)
+ max_latency = cur_latency;
+ }
+ /* value in usecs, needs to be in nanoseconds */
+ return 1000 * max_latency;
+}
+
#else
static int powernow_k8_cpu_init_acpi(struct powernow_k8_data *data) { return -ENODEV; }
static void powernow_k8_cpu_exit_acpi(struct powernow_k8_data *data) { return; }
static void powernow_k8_acpi_pst_values(struct powernow_k8_data *data, unsigned int index) { return; }
+static int get_transition_latency(struct powernow_k8_data *data) { return 0; }
#endif /* CONFIG_X86_POWERNOW_K8_ACPI */
/* Take a frequency, and issue the fid/vid transition command */
@@ -1173,7 +1188,13 @@ static int __cpuinit powernowk8_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *pol)
if (rc) {
goto err_out;
}
- }
+ /* Take a crude guess here.
+ * That guess was in microseconds, so multiply with 1000 */
+ pol->cpuinfo.transition_latency = (
+ ((data->rvo + 8) * data->vstable * VST_UNITS_20US) +
+ ((1 << data->irt) * 30)) * 1000;
+ } else /* ACPI _PSS objects available */
+ pol->cpuinfo.transition_latency = get_transition_latency(data);
/* only run on specific CPU from here on */
oldmask = current->cpus_allowed;
@@ -1204,11 +1225,6 @@ static int __cpuinit powernowk8_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *pol)
cpumask_copy(pol->cpus, &per_cpu(cpu_core_map, pol->cpu));
data->available_cores = pol->cpus;
- /* Take a crude guess here.
- * That guess was in microseconds, so multiply with 1000 */
- pol->cpuinfo.transition_latency = (((data->rvo + 8) * data->vstable * VST_UNITS_20US)
- + (3 * (1 << data->irt) * 10)) * 1000;
-
if (cpu_family == CPU_HW_PSTATE)
pol->cur = find_khz_freq_from_pstate(data->powernow_table, data->currpstate);
else