1 menu "CPU Frequency scaling"
4 bool "CPU Frequency scaling"
7 CPU Frequency scaling allows you to change the clock speed of
8 CPUs on the fly. This is a nice method to save power, because
9 the lower the CPU clock speed, the less power the CPU consumes.
11 Note that this driver doesn't automatically change the CPU
12 clock speed, you need to either enable a dynamic cpufreq governor
13 (see below) after boot, or use a userspace tool.
15 For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>.
21 config CPU_FREQ_GOV_ATTR_SET
24 config CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON
25 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_ATTR_SET
29 config CPU_FREQ_BOOST_SW
34 tristate "CPU frequency translation statistics"
37 This driver exports CPU frequency statistics information through sysfs
40 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
41 module will be called cpufreq_stats.
45 config CPU_FREQ_STAT_DETAILS
46 bool "CPU frequency translation statistics details"
47 depends on CPU_FREQ_STAT
49 This will show detail CPU frequency translation table in sysfs file
55 prompt "Default CPUFreq governor"
56 default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE if ARM_SA1100_CPUFREQ || ARM_SA1110_CPUFREQ
57 default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE
59 This option sets which CPUFreq governor shall be loaded at
60 startup. If in doubt, select 'performance'.
62 config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE
64 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE
66 Use the CPUFreq governor 'performance' as default. This sets
67 the frequency statically to the highest frequency supported by
70 config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_POWERSAVE
72 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE
74 Use the CPUFreq governor 'powersave' as default. This sets
75 the frequency statically to the lowest frequency supported by
78 config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE
80 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE
82 Use the CPUFreq governor 'userspace' as default. This allows
83 you to set the CPU frequency manually or when a userspace
84 program shall be able to set the CPU dynamically without having
85 to enable the userspace governor manually.
87 config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_ONDEMAND
89 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND
90 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE
92 Use the CPUFreq governor 'ondemand' as default. This allows
93 you to get a full dynamic frequency capable system by simply
94 loading your cpufreq low-level hardware driver.
95 Be aware that not all cpufreq drivers support the ondemand
96 governor. If unsure have a look at the help section of the
97 driver. Fallback governor will be the performance governor.
99 config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_CONSERVATIVE
101 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE
102 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE
104 Use the CPUFreq governor 'conservative' as default. This allows
105 you to get a full dynamic frequency capable system by simply
106 loading your cpufreq low-level hardware driver.
107 Be aware that not all cpufreq drivers support the conservative
108 governor. If unsure have a look at the help section of the
109 driver. Fallback governor will be the performance governor.
111 config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_SCHEDUTIL
114 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHEDUTIL
115 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE
117 Use the 'schedutil' CPUFreq governor by default. If unsure,
118 have a look at the help section of that governor. The fallback
119 governor will be 'performance'.
123 config CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE
124 tristate "'performance' governor"
126 This cpufreq governor sets the frequency statically to the
127 highest available CPU frequency.
129 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
130 module will be called cpufreq_performance.
134 config CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE
135 tristate "'powersave' governor"
137 This cpufreq governor sets the frequency statically to the
138 lowest available CPU frequency.
140 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
141 module will be called cpufreq_powersave.
145 config CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE
146 tristate "'userspace' governor for userspace frequency scaling"
148 Enable this cpufreq governor when you either want to set the
149 CPU frequency manually or when a userspace program shall
150 be able to set the CPU dynamically, like on LART
151 <http://www.lartmaker.nl/>.
153 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
154 module will be called cpufreq_userspace.
156 For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>.
160 config CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND
161 tristate "'ondemand' cpufreq policy governor"
162 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON
164 'ondemand' - This driver adds a dynamic cpufreq policy governor.
165 The governor does a periodic polling and
166 changes frequency based on the CPU utilization.
167 The support for this governor depends on CPU capability to
168 do fast frequency switching (i.e, very low latency frequency
171 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
172 module will be called cpufreq_ondemand.
174 For details, take a look at linux/Documentation/cpu-freq.
178 config CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE
179 tristate "'conservative' cpufreq governor"
181 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON
183 'conservative' - this driver is rather similar to the 'ondemand'
184 governor both in its source code and its purpose, the difference is
185 its optimisation for better suitability in a battery powered
186 environment. The frequency is gracefully increased and decreased
187 rather than jumping to 100% when speed is required.
189 If you have a desktop machine then you should really be considering
190 the 'ondemand' governor instead, however if you are using a laptop,
191 PDA or even an AMD64 based computer (due to the unacceptable
192 step-by-step latency issues between the minimum and maximum frequency
193 transitions in the CPU) you will probably want to use this governor.
195 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
196 module will be called cpufreq_conservative.
198 For details, take a look at linux/Documentation/cpu-freq.
202 config CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHEDUTIL
203 tristate "'schedutil' cpufreq policy governor"
204 depends on CPU_FREQ && SMP
205 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_ATTR_SET
208 This governor makes decisions based on the utilization data provided
209 by the scheduler. It sets the CPU frequency to be proportional to
210 the utilization/capacity ratio coming from the scheduler. If the
211 utilization is frequency-invariant, the new frequency is also
212 proportional to the maximum available frequency. If that is not the
213 case, it is proportional to the current frequency of the CPU. The
214 frequency tipping point is at utilization/capacity equal to 80% in
217 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will
218 be called cpufreq_schedutil.
222 comment "CPU frequency scaling drivers"
225 tristate "Generic DT based cpufreq driver"
226 depends on HAVE_CLK && OF
227 # if CPU_THERMAL is on and THERMAL=m, CPUFREQ_DT cannot be =y:
228 depends on !CPU_THERMAL || THERMAL
229 select CPUFREQ_DT_PLATDEV
232 This adds a generic DT based cpufreq driver for frequency management.
233 It supports both uniprocessor (UP) and symmetric multiprocessor (SMP)
234 systems which share clock and voltage across all CPUs.
238 config CPUFREQ_DT_PLATDEV
241 This adds a generic DT based cpufreq platdev driver for frequency
242 management. This creates a 'cpufreq-dt' platform device, on the
248 source "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86"
252 source "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.arm"
256 source "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.powerpc"
260 config AVR32_AT32AP_CPUFREQ
261 bool "CPU frequency driver for AT32AP"
262 depends on PLATFORM_AT32AP
265 This enables the CPU frequency driver for AT32AP processors.
270 config IA64_ACPI_CPUFREQ
271 tristate "ACPI Processor P-States driver"
272 depends on ACPI_PROCESSOR
274 This driver adds a CPUFreq driver which utilizes the ACPI
275 Processor Performance States.
277 For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>.
283 config LOONGSON2_CPUFREQ
284 tristate "Loongson2 CPUFreq Driver"
286 This option adds a CPUFreq driver for loongson processors which
287 support software configurable cpu frequency.
289 Loongson2F and it's successors support this feature.
291 For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>.
295 config LOONGSON1_CPUFREQ
296 tristate "Loongson1 CPUFreq Driver"
298 This option adds a CPUFreq driver for loongson1 processors which
299 support software configurable cpu frequency.
301 For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>.
307 config SPARC_US3_CPUFREQ
308 tristate "UltraSPARC-III CPU Frequency driver"
310 This adds the CPUFreq driver for UltraSPARC-III processors.
312 For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>.
316 config SPARC_US2E_CPUFREQ
317 tristate "UltraSPARC-IIe CPU Frequency driver"
319 This adds the CPUFreq driver for UltraSPARC-IIe processors.
321 For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>.
328 tristate "SuperH CPU Frequency driver"
330 This adds the cpufreq driver for SuperH. Any CPU that supports
331 clock rate rounding through the clock framework can use this
332 driver. While it will make the kernel slightly larger, this is
333 harmless for CPUs that don't support rate rounding. The driver
334 will also generate a notice in the boot log before disabling
335 itself if the CPU in question is not capable of rate rounding.
337 For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>.
343 tristate "CPU frequency scaling driver for Freescale QorIQ SoCs"
344 depends on OF && COMMON_CLK && (PPC_E500MC || ARM)
345 depends on !CPU_THERMAL || THERMAL
348 This adds the CPUFreq driver support for Freescale QorIQ SoCs
349 which are capable of changing the CPU's frequency dynamically.