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Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:37:27 +0100
From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@...ux.intel.com>,
Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>
Cc: Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
Rafael Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
Paul McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 0/3] PM: Intel PowerClamp driver
On Friday, January 04, 2013 03:12:42 AM Jacob Pan wrote:
> v6 changes:
> - clamp module parameters duration and window size, reword warning
> messages when input parameters are out of range.
>
> We have done some experiment with idle injection on Intel platforms.
> The idea is to use the increasingly power efficient package level
> C-states for power capping and passive thermal control.
>
> Documentation is included in the patch to explain the theory of
> operation, performance implication, calibration, scalability, and user
> interface. Please refer to the following file for more details.
>
> Documentation/thermal/intel_powerclamp.txt
>
> Arjan van de Ven created the original idea and driver, I have been
> refining driver in hope that they can be to be useful beyond a proof
> of concept.
>
> Jacob Pan (3):
> tick: export nohz tick idle symbols for module use
> x86/nmi: export local_touch_nmi() symbol for modules
> PM: Introduce Intel PowerClamp Driver
>
> Documentation/thermal/intel_powerclamp.txt | 307 +++++++++++
> arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c | 1 +
> drivers/thermal/Kconfig | 10 +
> drivers/thermal/Makefile | 2 +
> drivers/thermal/intel_powerclamp.c | 788 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 2 +
> 6 files changed, 1110 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/thermal/intel_powerclamp.txt
> create mode 100644 drivers/thermal/intel_powerclamp.c
I'm not seeing any more comments here, so I think this is suitable for v3.9.
Rui, are you going to take it or do you want me to?
Rafael
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Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.
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