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authorChris Redpath <chris.redpath@arm.com>2012-11-16 10:03:00 +0000
committerViresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>2013-03-12 15:17:54 +0530
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tree75fd68ac9bd647003e729f547c23c9c65d6526bd /Documentation
parent37380d0b7621d487b1d2885ad93227e880074ee5 (diff)
ARM: Experimental Frequency-Invariant Load Scaling Patch
Evaluation Patch to investigate using load as a representation of the amount of POTENTIAL cpu compute capacity used rather than a representation of the CURRENT cpu compute capacity. If CPUFreq is enabled, scales load in accordance with frequency. Powersave/performance CPUFreq governors are detected and scaling is disabled while these governors are in use. This is because when a single-frequency governor is in use, potential CPU capacity is static. So long as the governors and CPUFreq subsystem correctly report the frequencies available, the scaling should self tune. Adds an additional file to sysfs to allow this feature to be disabled for experimentation. /sys/kernel/hmp/frequency_invariant_load_scale write 0 to disable, 1 to enable. Signed-off-by: Chris Redpath <chris.redpath@arm.com>
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