linux-kernel - Re: [tip:x86/core] x86: Enable Intel Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0

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Date:   Tue, 29 Nov 2016 08:11:22 +0100
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, peterz@...radead.org,
        hpa@...or.com, srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/core] x86: Enable Intel Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0


* Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com> wrote:

> > +	If unsure say Y here.
> > 
> > If/when other architectures make use of this the Kconfig entry can be moved into 
> > the scheduler Kconfig - but for the time being it can stay in arch/x86/.
> > 
> > Another variant would be to eliminate the Kconfig option altogether and make it a 
> > natural feature of SCHED_MC (like it is in the core scheduler).
> > 
> 
> I am fine with renaming SCHED_ITMT to SCHED_MC_PRIO.

Ok, could you please send a delta patch on top of tip:sched/core that does this 
and the other improvements?

Thanks,

	Ingo