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 bool "CPU frequency transition statistics"
36 Export CPU frequency statistics information through sysfs.
40 config CPU_FREQ_STAT_DETAILS
41 bool "CPU frequency transition statistics details"
42 depends on CPU_FREQ_STAT
44 Show detailed CPU frequency transition table in sysfs.
49 prompt "Default CPUFreq governor"
50 default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE if ARM_SA1100_CPUFREQ || ARM_SA1110_CPUFREQ
51 default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE
53 This option sets which CPUFreq governor shall be loaded at
54 startup. If in doubt, select 'performance'.
56 config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE
58 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE
60 Use the CPUFreq governor 'performance' as default. This sets
61 the frequency statically to the highest frequency supported by
64 config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_POWERSAVE
66 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE
68 Use the CPUFreq governor 'powersave' as default. This sets
69 the frequency statically to the lowest frequency supported by
72 config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE
74 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE
76 Use the CPUFreq governor 'userspace' as default. This allows
77 you to set the CPU frequency manually or when a userspace
78 program shall be able to set the CPU dynamically without having
79 to enable the userspace governor manually.
81 config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_ONDEMAND
83 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND
84 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE
86 Use the CPUFreq governor 'ondemand' as default. This allows
87 you to get a full dynamic frequency capable system by simply
88 loading your cpufreq low-level hardware driver.
89 Be aware that not all cpufreq drivers support the ondemand
90 governor. If unsure have a look at the help section of the
91 driver. Fallback governor will be the performance governor.
93 config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_CONSERVATIVE
95 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE
96 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE
98 Use the CPUFreq governor 'conservative' as default. This allows
99 you to get a full dynamic frequency capable system by simply
100 loading your cpufreq low-level hardware driver.
101 Be aware that not all cpufreq drivers support the conservative
102 governor. If unsure have a look at the help section of the
103 driver. Fallback governor will be the performance governor.
105 config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_SCHEDUTIL
108 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHEDUTIL
109 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE
111 Use the 'schedutil' CPUFreq governor by default. If unsure,
112 have a look at the help section of that governor. The fallback
113 governor will be 'performance'.
117 config CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE
118 tristate "'performance' governor"
120 This cpufreq governor sets the frequency statically to the
121 highest available CPU frequency.
123 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
124 module will be called cpufreq_performance.
128 config CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE
129 tristate "'powersave' governor"
131 This cpufreq governor sets the frequency statically to the
132 lowest available CPU frequency.
134 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
135 module will be called cpufreq_powersave.
139 config CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE
140 tristate "'userspace' governor for userspace frequency scaling"
142 Enable this cpufreq governor when you either want to set the
143 CPU frequency manually or when a userspace program shall
144 be able to set the CPU dynamically, like on LART
145 <http://www.lartmaker.nl/>.
147 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
148 module will be called cpufreq_userspace.
150 For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>.
154 config CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND
155 tristate "'ondemand' cpufreq policy governor"
156 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON
158 'ondemand' - This driver adds a dynamic cpufreq policy governor.
159 The governor does a periodic polling and
160 changes frequency based on the CPU utilization.
161 The support for this governor depends on CPU capability to
162 do fast frequency switching (i.e, very low latency frequency
165 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
166 module will be called cpufreq_ondemand.
168 For details, take a look at linux/Documentation/cpu-freq.
172 config CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE
173 tristate "'conservative' cpufreq governor"
175 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON
177 'conservative' - this driver is rather similar to the 'ondemand'
178 governor both in its source code and its purpose, the difference is
179 its optimisation for better suitability in a battery powered
180 environment. The frequency is gracefully increased and decreased
181 rather than jumping to 100% when speed is required.
183 If you have a desktop machine then you should really be considering
184 the 'ondemand' governor instead, however if you are using a laptop,
185 PDA or even an AMD64 based computer (due to the unacceptable
186 step-by-step latency issues between the minimum and maximum frequency
187 transitions in the CPU) you will probably want to use this governor.
189 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
190 module will be called cpufreq_conservative.
192 For details, take a look at linux/Documentation/cpu-freq.
196 config CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHEDUTIL
197 tristate "'schedutil' cpufreq policy governor"
198 depends on CPU_FREQ && SMP
199 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_ATTR_SET
202 This governor makes decisions based on the utilization data provided
203 by the scheduler. It sets the CPU frequency to be proportional to
204 the utilization/capacity ratio coming from the scheduler. If the
205 utilization is frequency-invariant, the new frequency is also
206 proportional to the maximum available frequency. If that is not the
207 case, it is proportional to the current frequency of the CPU. The
208 frequency tipping point is at utilization/capacity equal to 80% in
211 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will
212 be called cpufreq_schedutil.
216 comment "CPU frequency scaling drivers"
219 tristate "Generic DT based cpufreq driver"
220 depends on HAVE_CLK && OF
221 # if CPU_THERMAL is on and THERMAL=m, CPUFREQ_DT cannot be =y:
222 depends on !CPU_THERMAL || THERMAL
223 select CPUFREQ_DT_PLATDEV
226 This adds a generic DT based cpufreq driver for frequency management.
227 It supports both uniprocessor (UP) and symmetric multiprocessor (SMP)
228 systems which share clock and voltage across all CPUs.
232 config CPUFREQ_DT_PLATDEV
235 This adds a generic DT based cpufreq platdev driver for frequency
236 management. This creates a 'cpufreq-dt' platform device, on the
242 source "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86"
246 source "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.arm"
250 source "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.powerpc"
254 config AVR32_AT32AP_CPUFREQ
255 bool "CPU frequency driver for AT32AP"
256 depends on PLATFORM_AT32AP
259 This enables the CPU frequency driver for AT32AP processors.
264 config IA64_ACPI_CPUFREQ
265 tristate "ACPI Processor P-States driver"
266 depends on ACPI_PROCESSOR
268 This driver adds a CPUFreq driver which utilizes the ACPI
269 Processor Performance States.
271 For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>.
277 config LOONGSON2_CPUFREQ
278 tristate "Loongson2 CPUFreq Driver"
280 This option adds a CPUFreq driver for loongson processors which
281 support software configurable cpu frequency.
283 Loongson2F and it's successors support this feature.
285 For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>.
289 config LOONGSON1_CPUFREQ
290 tristate "Loongson1 CPUFreq Driver"
292 This option adds a CPUFreq driver for loongson1 processors which
293 support software configurable cpu frequency.
295 For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>.
301 config SPARC_US3_CPUFREQ
302 tristate "UltraSPARC-III CPU Frequency driver"
304 This adds the CPUFreq driver for UltraSPARC-III processors.
306 For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>.
310 config SPARC_US2E_CPUFREQ
311 tristate "UltraSPARC-IIe CPU Frequency driver"
313 This adds the CPUFreq driver for UltraSPARC-IIe processors.
315 For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>.
322 tristate "SuperH CPU Frequency driver"
324 This adds the cpufreq driver for SuperH. Any CPU that supports
325 clock rate rounding through the clock framework can use this
326 driver. While it will make the kernel slightly larger, this is
327 harmless for CPUs that don't support rate rounding. The driver
328 will also generate a notice in the boot log before disabling
329 itself if the CPU in question is not capable of rate rounding.
331 For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>.
337 tristate "CPU frequency scaling driver for Freescale QorIQ SoCs"
338 depends on OF && COMMON_CLK && (PPC_E500MC || ARM)
339 depends on !CPU_THERMAL || THERMAL
342 This adds the CPUFreq driver support for Freescale QorIQ SoCs
343 which are capable of changing the CPU's frequency dynamically.