1 Kernel driver fam15h_power
2 ==========================
6 * AMD Family 15h Processors
8 * AMD Family 16h Processors
10 Prefix: 'fam15h_power'
12 Addresses scanned: PCI space
16 - BIOS and Kernel Developer's Guide (BKDG) For AMD Family 15h Processors
17 - BIOS and Kernel Developer's Guide (BKDG) For AMD Family 16h Processors
18 - AMD64 Architecture Programmer's Manual Volume 2: System Programming
20 Author: Andreas Herrmann <herrmann.der.user@googlemail.com>
25 1) Processor TDP (Thermal design power)
27 Given a fixed frequency and voltage, the power consumption of a
28 processor varies based on the workload being executed. Derated power
29 is the power consumed when running a specific application. Thermal
30 design power (TDP) is an example of derated power.
32 This driver permits reading of registers providing power information
33 of AMD Family 15h and 16h processors via TDP algorithm.
35 For AMD Family 15h and 16h processors the following power values can
36 be calculated using different processor northbridge function
40 Specifies in watts the maximum amount of power
41 consumed by the processor for NB and logic external to the core.
44 Specifies in watts the maximum amount of power
45 the processor can support.
47 Specifies in watts the current amount of power being
48 consumed by the processor.
50 This driver provides ProcessorPwrWatts and CurrPwrWatts:
52 * power1_crit (ProcessorPwrWatts)
53 * power1_input (CurrPwrWatts)
55 On multi-node processors the calculated value is for the entire
56 package and not for a single node. Thus the driver creates sysfs
57 attributes only for internal node0 of a multi-node processor.
59 2) Accumulated Power Mechanism
61 This driver also introduces an algorithm that should be used to
62 calculate the average power consumed by a processor during a
63 measurement interval Tm. The feature of accumulated power mechanism is
64 indicated by CPUID Fn8000_0007_EDX[12].
67 compute unit power accumulator sample period
70 the PTSC counter period
73 performance timestamp counter
76 the ratio of compute unit power accumulator sample period to the
80 max compute unit accumulated power which is indicated by
81 MaxCpuSwPwrAcc MSR C001007b
84 compute unit accumulated power which is indicated by
85 CpuSwPwrAcc MSR C001007a
87 the value of performance timestamp counter which is indicated
88 by CU_PTSC MSR C0010280
93 i. Determine the ratio of Tsample to Tref by executing CPUID Fn8000_0007.
95 N = value of CPUID Fn8000_0007_ECX[CpuPwrSampleTimeRatio[15:0]].
97 ii. Read the full range of the cumulative energy value from the new
100 Jmax = value returned.
102 iii. At time x, SW reads CpuSwPwrAcc MSR and samples the PTSC.
104 Jx = value read from CpuSwPwrAcc and Tx = value read from PTSC.
106 iv. At time y, SW reads CpuSwPwrAcc MSR and samples the PTSC.
108 Jy = value read from CpuSwPwrAcc and Ty = value read from PTSC.
110 v. Calculate the average power consumption for a compute unit over
111 time period (y-x). Unit of result is uWatt::
113 if (Jy < Jx) // Rollover has occurred
114 Jdelta = (Jy + Jmax) - Jx
117 PwrCPUave = N * Jdelta * 1000 / (Ty - Tx)
119 This driver provides PwrCPUave and interval(default is 10 millisecond
120 and maximum is 1 second):
122 * power1_average (PwrCPUave)
123 * power1_average_interval (Interval)
125 The power1_average_interval can be updated at /etc/sensors3.conf file
128 chip `fam15h_power-*`
129 set power1_average_interval 0.01
131 Then save it with "sensors -s".