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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst index 7adef969ffee..5072e7064d13 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst @@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ Energy-Performance Bias (EPB) knob (otherwise), which means that the processor's internal P-state selection logic is expected to focus entirely on performance. This will override the EPP/EPB setting coming from the ``sysfs`` interface -(see `Energy vs Performance Hints`_ below). +(see `Energy vs Performance Hints`_ below). Moreover, any attempts to change +the EPP/EPB to a value different from 0 ("performance") via ``sysfs`` in this +configuration will be rejected. Also, in this configuration the range of P-states available to the processor's internal P-state selection logic is always restricted to the upper boundary @@ -564,8 +566,8 @@ Energy-Performance Preference (EPP) knob (if supported) or its Energy-Performance Bias (EPB) knob. It is also possible to write a positive integer value between 0 to 255, if the EPP feature is present. If the EPP feature is not present, writing integer value to this attribute is not -supported. In this case, user can use - "/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/power/energy_perf_bias" interface. +supported. In this case, user can use the +"/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/power/energy_perf_bias" interface. [Note that tasks may by migrated from one CPU to another by the scheduler's load-balancing algorithm and if different energy vs performance hints are |