linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V4 2/2] cpufreq: AMD "frequency sensitivity feedback" powersave bias for ondemand governor

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Date:	Thu, 4 Apr 2013 21:23:23 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Jacob Shin <jacob.shin@....com>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, cpufreq@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
	Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 2/2] cpufreq: AMD "frequency sensitivity feedback"
 powersave bias for ondemand governor

On Thu, Apr 04, 2013 at 11:19:04AM -0500, Jacob Shin wrote:
> Future AMD processors, starting with Family 16h, can provide software
> with feedback on how the workload may respond to frequency change --
> memory-bound workloads will not benefit from higher frequency, where
> as compute-bound workloads will. This patch enables this "frequency
> sensitivity feedback" to aid the ondemand governor to make better
> frequency change decisions by hooking into the powersave bias.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jacob Shin <jacob.shin@....com>

Looks good to me.

Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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