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author | Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de> | 2013-11-16 08:39:21 -0500 |
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committer | Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> | 2013-11-25 17:10:50 -0500 |
commit | 5094d271715a5bd0f7f4adb38d825ce6903eb6eb (patch) | |
tree | 2dd49051a9ef3958b49bf96ac97606a8bf82b44f /tools/power/cpupower | |
parent | 6ce4eac1f600b34f2f7f58f9cd8f0503d79e42ae (diff) |
tools: cpupower: Add cpupower-idle-set(1) manpage
The cpupower idle-set subcommand was introduce recently.
This patch provides the missing manpage.
If cpupower is properly installed it will show up automatically
(similar to git), when invoking:
cpupower help idle-set
or
cpupower idle-set --help
Some parts have been taken over and adjusted from
git commit 62d6ae880e3e76098
documentation submitted by Carsten Emde.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/power/cpupower')
-rw-r--r-- | tools/power/cpupower/man/cpupower-idle-info.1 | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | tools/power/cpupower/man/cpupower-idle-set.1 | 71 |
2 files changed, 73 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/man/cpupower-idle-info.1 b/tools/power/cpupower/man/cpupower-idle-info.1 index 4178effd9e99..7b3646adb92f 100644 --- a/tools/power/cpupower/man/cpupower-idle-info.1 +++ b/tools/power/cpupower/man/cpupower-idle-info.1 | |||
@@ -87,4 +87,5 @@ Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de> | |||
87 | .fi | 87 | .fi |
88 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | 88 | .SH "SEE ALSO" |
89 | .LP | 89 | .LP |
90 | cpupower(1), cpupower\-monitor(1), cpupower\-info(1), cpupower\-set(1) | 90 | cpupower(1), cpupower\-monitor(1), cpupower\-info(1), cpupower\-set(1), |
91 | cpupower\-idle\-set(1) | ||
diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/man/cpupower-idle-set.1 b/tools/power/cpupower/man/cpupower-idle-set.1 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..6b1607272a5b --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/power/cpupower/man/cpupower-idle-set.1 | |||
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ | |||
1 | .TH "CPUPOWER-IDLE-SET" "1" "0.1" "" "cpupower Manual" | ||
2 | .SH "NAME" | ||
3 | .LP | ||
4 | cpupower idle\-set \- Utility to set cpu idle state specific kernel options | ||
5 | .SH "SYNTAX" | ||
6 | .LP | ||
7 | cpupower [ \-c cpulist ] idle\-info [\fIoptions\fP] | ||
8 | .SH "DESCRIPTION" | ||
9 | .LP | ||
10 | The cpupower idle\-set subcommand allows to set cpu idle, also called cpu | ||
11 | sleep state, specific options offered by the kernel. One example is disabling | ||
12 | sleep states. This can be handy for power vs performance tuning. | ||
13 | .SH "OPTIONS" | ||
14 | .LP | ||
15 | .TP | ||
16 | \fB\-d\fR \fB\-\-disable\fR | ||
17 | Disable a specific processor sleep state. | ||
18 | .TP | ||
19 | \fB\-e\fR \fB\-\-enable\fR | ||
20 | Enable a specific processor sleep state. | ||
21 | |||
22 | .SH "REMARKS" | ||
23 | .LP | ||
24 | Cpuidle Governors Policy on Disabling Sleep States | ||
25 | |||
26 | .RS 4 | ||
27 | Depending on the used cpuidle governor, implementing the kernel policy | ||
28 | how to choose sleep states, subsequent sleep states on this core, might get | ||
29 | disabled as well. | ||
30 | |||
31 | There are two cpuidle governors ladder and menu. While the ladder | ||
32 | governor is always available, if CONFIG_CPU_IDLE is selected, the | ||
33 | menu governor additionally requires CONFIG_NO_HZ. | ||
34 | |||
35 | The behavior and the effect of the disable variable depends on the | ||
36 | implementation of a particular governor. In the ladder governor, for | ||
37 | example, it is not coherent, i.e. if one is disabling a light state, | ||
38 | then all deeper states are disabled as well. Likewise, if one enables a | ||
39 | deep state but a lighter state still is disabled, then this has no effect. | ||
40 | .RE | ||
41 | .LP | ||
42 | Disabling the Lightest Sleep State may not have any Affect | ||
43 | |||
44 | .RS 4 | ||
45 | If criteria are not met to enter deeper sleep states and the lightest sleep | ||
46 | state is chosen when idle, the kernel may still enter this sleep state, | ||
47 | irrespective of whether it is disabled or not. This is also reflected in | ||
48 | the usage count of the disabled sleep state when using the cpupower idle-info | ||
49 | command. | ||
50 | .RE | ||
51 | .LP | ||
52 | Selecting specific CPU Cores | ||
53 | |||
54 | .RS 4 | ||
55 | By default processor sleep states of all CPU cores are set. Please refer | ||
56 | to the cpupower(1) manpage in the \-\-cpu option section how to disable | ||
57 | C-states of specific cores. | ||
58 | .RE | ||
59 | .SH "FILES" | ||
60 | .nf | ||
61 | \fI/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpuidle/state*\fP | ||
62 | \fI/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/*\fP | ||
63 | .fi | ||
64 | .SH "AUTHORS" | ||
65 | .nf | ||
66 | Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de> | ||
67 | .fi | ||
68 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | ||
69 | .LP | ||
70 | cpupower(1), cpupower\-monitor(1), cpupower\-info(1), cpupower\-set(1), | ||
71 | cpupower\-idle\-info(1) | ||