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>.
20 config CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON
23 config CPU_FREQ_BOOST_SW
28 tristate "CPU frequency translation statistics"
31 This driver exports CPU frequency statistics information through sysfs
34 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
35 module will be called cpufreq_stats.
39 config CPU_FREQ_STAT_DETAILS
40 bool "CPU frequency translation statistics details"
41 depends on CPU_FREQ_STAT
43 This will show detail CPU frequency translation table in sysfs file
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
67 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE
69 Use the CPUFreq governor 'powersave' as default. This sets
70 the frequency statically to the lowest frequency supported by
73 config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE
75 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE
77 Use the CPUFreq governor 'userspace' as default. This allows
78 you to set the CPU frequency manually or when a userspace
79 program shall be able to set the CPU dynamically without having
80 to enable the userspace governor manually.
82 config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_ONDEMAND
84 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND
85 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE
87 Use the CPUFreq governor 'ondemand' as default. This allows
88 you to get a full dynamic frequency capable system by simply
89 loading your cpufreq low-level hardware driver.
90 Be aware that not all cpufreq drivers support the ondemand
91 governor. If unsure have a look at the help section of the
92 driver. Fallback governor will be the performance governor.
94 config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_CONSERVATIVE
96 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE
97 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE
99 Use the CPUFreq governor 'conservative' as default. This allows
100 you to get a full dynamic frequency capable system by simply
101 loading your cpufreq low-level hardware driver.
102 Be aware that not all cpufreq drivers support the conservative
103 governor. If unsure have a look at the help section of the
104 driver. Fallback governor will be the performance governor.
107 config CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE
108 tristate "'performance' governor"
110 This cpufreq governor sets the frequency statically to the
111 highest available CPU frequency.
113 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
114 module will be called cpufreq_performance.
118 config CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE
119 tristate "'powersave' governor"
121 This cpufreq governor sets the frequency statically to the
122 lowest available CPU frequency.
124 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
125 module will be called cpufreq_powersave.
129 config CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE
130 tristate "'userspace' governor for userspace frequency scaling"
132 Enable this cpufreq governor when you either want to set the
133 CPU frequency manually or when a userspace program shall
134 be able to set the CPU dynamically, like on LART
135 <http://www.lartmaker.nl/>.
137 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
138 module will be called cpufreq_userspace.
140 For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>.
144 config CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND
145 tristate "'ondemand' cpufreq policy governor"
146 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON
148 'ondemand' - This driver adds a dynamic cpufreq policy governor.
149 The governor does a periodic polling and
150 changes frequency based on the CPU utilization.
151 The support for this governor depends on CPU capability to
152 do fast frequency switching (i.e, very low latency frequency
155 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
156 module will be called cpufreq_ondemand.
158 For details, take a look at linux/Documentation/cpu-freq.
162 config CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE
163 tristate "'conservative' cpufreq governor"
165 select CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON
167 'conservative' - this driver is rather similar to the 'ondemand'
168 governor both in its source code and its purpose, the difference is
169 its optimisation for better suitability in a battery powered
170 environment. The frequency is gracefully increased and decreased
171 rather than jumping to 100% when speed is required.
173 If you have a desktop machine then you should really be considering
174 the 'ondemand' governor instead, however if you are using a laptop,
175 PDA or even an AMD64 based computer (due to the unacceptable
176 step-by-step latency issues between the minimum and maximum frequency
177 transitions in the CPU) you will probably want to use this governor.
179 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
180 module will be called cpufreq_conservative.
182 For details, take a look at linux/Documentation/cpu-freq.
187 tristate "Generic DT based cpufreq driver"
188 depends on HAVE_CLK && OF
189 # if CPU_THERMAL is on and THERMAL=m, CPUFREQ_DT cannot be =y:
190 depends on !CPU_THERMAL || THERMAL
193 This adds a generic DT based cpufreq driver for frequency management.
194 It supports both uniprocessor (UP) and symmetric multiprocessor (SMP)
195 systems which share clock and voltage across all CPUs.
199 menu "x86 CPU frequency scaling drivers"
201 source "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.x86"
204 menu "ARM CPU frequency scaling drivers"
205 depends on ARM || ARM64
206 source "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.arm"
209 menu "AVR32 CPU frequency scaling drivers"
212 config AVR32_AT32AP_CPUFREQ
213 bool "CPU frequency driver for AT32AP"
214 depends on PLATFORM_AT32AP
217 This enables the CPU frequency driver for AT32AP processors.
222 menu "CPUFreq processor drivers"
225 config IA64_ACPI_CPUFREQ
226 tristate "ACPI Processor P-States driver"
227 depends on ACPI_PROCESSOR
229 This driver adds a CPUFreq driver which utilizes the ACPI
230 Processor Performance States.
232 For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>.
238 menu "MIPS CPUFreq processor drivers"
241 config LOONGSON2_CPUFREQ
242 tristate "Loongson2 CPUFreq Driver"
244 This option adds a CPUFreq driver for loongson processors which
245 support software configurable cpu frequency.
247 Loongson2F and it's successors support this feature.
249 For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq/>.
255 menu "PowerPC CPU frequency scaling drivers"
256 depends on PPC32 || PPC64
257 source "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.powerpc"
260 menu "SPARC CPU frequency scaling drivers"
262 config SPARC_US3_CPUFREQ
263 tristate "UltraSPARC-III CPU Frequency driver"
265 This adds the CPUFreq driver for UltraSPARC-III processors.
267 For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>.
271 config SPARC_US2E_CPUFREQ
272 tristate "UltraSPARC-IIe CPU Frequency driver"
274 This adds the CPUFreq driver for UltraSPARC-IIe processors.
276 For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>.
281 menu "SH CPU Frequency scaling"
284 tristate "SuperH CPU Frequency driver"
286 This adds the cpufreq driver for SuperH. Any CPU that supports
287 clock rate rounding through the clock framework can use this
288 driver. While it will make the kernel slightly larger, this is
289 harmless for CPUs that don't support rate rounding. The driver
290 will also generate a notice in the boot log before disabling
291 itself if the CPU in question is not capable of rate rounding.
293 For details, take a look at <file:Documentation/cpu-freq>.