@@ -2,15 +2,20 @@ 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
+
+ - 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>
@@ -31,14 +36,19 @@ 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.
+* 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)
@@ -53,35 +63,53 @@ 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
+* 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.
+ 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.
+
+ 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.
+
+ 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.
+ time period (y-x). Unit of result is uWatt::
+
if (Jy < Jx) // Rollover has occurred
Jdelta = (Jy + Jmax) - Jx
else
@@ -90,13 +118,14 @@ time period (y-x). Unit of result is uWatt.
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-*"
+chip `fam15h_power-*`
set power1_average_interval 0.01
Then save it with "sensors -s".
Convert fam15h_power to ReST format, in order to allow it to be parsed by Sphinx. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> --- Documentation/hwmon/fam15h_power | 85 +++++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)