1 menu "CPU Frequency scaling"
4 bool "CPU Frequency scaling"
6 CPU Frequency scaling allows you to change the clock speed of
7 CPUs on the fly. This is a nice method to save power, because
8 the lower the CPU clock speed, the less power the CPU consumes.
10 Note that this driver doesn't automatically change the CPU
11 clock speed, you need to either enable a dynamic cpufreq governor
12 (see below) after boot, or use a userspace tool.
14 For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>.
24 tristate "CPU frequency translation statistics"
28 This driver exports CPU frequency statistics information through sysfs
31 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
32 module will be called cpufreq_stats.
36 config CPU_FREQ_STAT_DETAILS
37 bool "CPU frequency translation statistics details"
38 depends on CPU_FREQ_STAT
40 This will show detail CPU frequency translation table in sysfs file
46 prompt "Default CPUFreq governor"
47 default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE if CPU_FREQ_SA1100 || CPU_FREQ_SA1110
48 default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE
50 This option sets which CPUFreq governor shall be loaded at
51 startup. If in doubt, select 'performance'.
53 config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE
55 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE
57 Use the CPUFreq governor 'performance' as default. This sets
58 the frequency statically to the highest frequency supported by
61 config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_POWERSAVE
64 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE
66 Use the CPUFreq governor 'powersave' as default. This sets
67 the frequency statically to the lowest frequency supported by
70 config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE
72 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE
74 Use the CPUFreq governor 'userspace' as default. This allows
75 you to set the CPU frequency manually or when a userspace
76 program shall be able to set the CPU dynamically without having
77 to enable the userspace governor manually.
79 config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_ONDEMAND
81 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND
82 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE
84 Use the CPUFreq governor 'ondemand' as default. This allows
85 you to get a full dynamic frequency capable system by simply
86 loading your cpufreq low-level hardware driver.
87 Be aware that not all cpufreq drivers support the ondemand
88 governor. If unsure have a look at the help section of the
89 driver. Fallback governor will be the performance governor.
91 config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_CONSERVATIVE
93 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE
94 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE
96 Use the CPUFreq governor 'conservative' as default. This allows
97 you to get a full dynamic frequency capable system by simply
98 loading your cpufreq low-level hardware driver.
99 Be aware that not all cpufreq drivers support the conservative
100 governor. If unsure have a look at the help section of the
101 driver. Fallback governor will be the performance governor.
104 config CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE
105 tristate "'performance' governor"
107 This cpufreq governor sets the frequency statically to the
108 highest available CPU frequency.
110 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
111 module will be called cpufreq_performance.
115 config CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE
116 tristate "'powersave' governor"
118 This cpufreq governor sets the frequency statically to the
119 lowest available CPU frequency.
121 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
122 module will be called cpufreq_powersave.
126 config CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE
127 tristate "'userspace' governor for userspace frequency scaling"
129 Enable this cpufreq governor when you either want to set the
130 CPU frequency manually or when a userspace program shall
131 be able to set the CPU dynamically, like on LART
132 <http://www.lartmaker.nl/>.
134 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
135 module will be called cpufreq_userspace.
137 For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>.
141 config CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND
142 tristate "'ondemand' cpufreq policy governor"
143 select CPU_FREQ_TABLE
145 'ondemand' - This driver adds a dynamic cpufreq policy governor.
146 The governor does a periodic polling and
147 changes frequency based on the CPU utilization.
148 The support for this governor depends on CPU capability to
149 do fast frequency switching (i.e, very low latency frequency
152 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
153 module will be called cpufreq_ondemand.
155 For details, take a look at linux/Documentation/cpu-freq.
159 config CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE
160 tristate "'conservative' cpufreq governor"
163 'conservative' - this driver is rather similar to the 'ondemand'
164 governor both in its source code and its purpose, the difference is
165 its optimisation for better suitability in a battery powered
166 environment. The frequency is gracefully increased and decreased
167 rather than jumping to 100% when speed is required.
169 If you have a desktop machine then you should really be considering
170 the 'ondemand' governor instead, however if you are using a laptop,
171 PDA or even an AMD64 based computer (due to the unacceptable
172 step-by-step latency issues between the minimum and maximum frequency
173 transitions in the CPU) you will probably want to use this governor.
175 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
176 module will be called cpufreq_conservative.
178 For details, take a look at linux/Documentation/cpu-freq.
182 menu "x86 CPU frequency scaling drivers"
184 source "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86"