From 512d1027a6c58def3c2a410e8be65b7e730aad3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andreas Herrmann Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 20:43:31 +0200 Subject: hwmon: Add driver for AMD family 15h processor power information This CPU family provides NB register values to gather following TDP information * ProcessorPwrWatts: Specifies in Watts the maximum amount of power the processor can support. * CurrPwrWatts: Specifies in Watts the current amount of power being consumed by the processor. This driver provides * power1_crit (ProcessorPwrWatts) * power1_input (CurrPwrWatts) Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare --- Documentation/hwmon/fam15h_power | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/hwmon/fam15h_power (limited to 'Documentation/hwmon/fam15h_power') diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/fam15h_power b/Documentation/hwmon/fam15h_power new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..a92918e0bd69 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/fam15h_power @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +Kernel driver fam15h_power +========================== + +Supported chips: +* AMD Family 15h Processors + + Prefix: 'fam15h_power' + Addresses scanned: PCI space + Datasheets: + BIOS and Kernel Developer's Guide (BKDG) For AMD Family 15h Processors + (not yet published) + +Author: Andreas Herrmann + +Description +----------- + +This driver permits reading of registers providing power information +of AMD Family 15h processors. + +For AMD Family 15h processors the following power values can be +calculated using different processor northbridge function registers: + +* BasePwrWatts: Specifies in watts the maximum amount of power + consumed by the processor for NB and logic external to the core. +* ProcessorPwrWatts: Specifies in watts the maximum amount of power + the processor can support. +* CurrPwrWatts: Specifies in watts the current amount of power being + consumed by the processor. + +This driver provides ProcessorPwrWatts and CurrPwrWatts: +* power1_crit (ProcessorPwrWatts) +* power1_input (CurrPwrWatts) + +On multi-node processors the calculated value is for the entire +package and not for a single node. Thus the driver creates sysfs +attributes only for internal node0 of a multi-node processor. -- cgit v1.2.2