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diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/fam15h_power b/Documentation/hwmon/fam15h_power deleted file mode 100644 index fb594c281c46..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/fam15h_power +++ /dev/null @@ -1,102 +0,0 @@ -Kernel driver fam15h_power -========================== - -Supported chips: -* AMD Family 15h Processors -* AMD Family 16h Processors - - Prefix: 'fam15h_power' - Addresses scanned: PCI space - Datasheets: - BIOS and Kernel Developer's Guide (BKDG) For AMD Family 15h Processors - BIOS and Kernel Developer's Guide (BKDG) For AMD Family 16h Processors - AMD64 Architecture Programmer's Manual Volume 2: System Programming - -Author: Andreas Herrmann <herrmann.der.user@googlemail.com> - -Description ------------ - -1) Processor TDP (Thermal design power) - -Given a fixed frequency and voltage, the power consumption of a -processor varies based on the workload being executed. Derated power -is the power consumed when running a specific application. Thermal -design power (TDP) is an example of derated power. - -This driver permits reading of registers providing power information -of AMD Family 15h and 16h processors via TDP algorithm. - -For AMD Family 15h and 16h 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. - -2) Accumulated Power Mechanism - -This driver also introduces an algorithm that should be used to -calculate the average power consumed by a processor during a -measurement interval Tm. The feature of accumulated power mechanism is -indicated by CPUID Fn8000_0007_EDX[12]. - -* Tsample: compute unit power accumulator sample period -* Tref: the PTSC counter period -* PTSC: performance timestamp counter -* N: the ratio of compute unit power accumulator sample period to the - PTSC period -* Jmax: max compute unit accumulated power which is indicated by - MaxCpuSwPwrAcc MSR C001007b -* Jx/Jy: compute unit accumulated power which is indicated by - CpuSwPwrAcc MSR C001007a -* Tx/Ty: the value of performance timestamp counter which is indicated - by CU_PTSC MSR C0010280 -* PwrCPUave: CPU average power - -i. Determine the ratio of Tsample to Tref by executing CPUID Fn8000_0007. - N = value of CPUID Fn8000_0007_ECX[CpuPwrSampleTimeRatio[15:0]]. - -ii. Read the full range of the cumulative energy value from the new -MSR MaxCpuSwPwrAcc. - Jmax = value returned. -iii. At time x, SW reads CpuSwPwrAcc MSR and samples the PTSC. - Jx = value read from CpuSwPwrAcc and Tx = value read from -PTSC. - -iv. At time y, SW reads CpuSwPwrAcc MSR and samples the PTSC. - Jy = value read from CpuSwPwrAcc and Ty = value read from -PTSC. - -v. Calculate the average power consumption for a compute unit over -time period (y-x). Unit of result is uWatt. - if (Jy < Jx) // Rollover has occurred - Jdelta = (Jy + Jmax) - Jx - else - Jdelta = Jy - Jx - PwrCPUave = N * Jdelta * 1000 / (Ty - Tx) - -This driver provides PwrCPUave and interval(default is 10 millisecond -and maximum is 1 second): -* power1_average (PwrCPUave) -* power1_average_interval (Interval) - -The power1_average_interval can be updated at /etc/sensors3.conf file -as below: - -chip "fam15h_power-*" - set power1_average_interval 0.01 - -Then save it with "sensors -s". |