linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] cpupower: Allow control of boost feature on non-x86 based systems with boost support.

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Message-ID: <edf6b46e-786d-4614-8e50-c365f52ff9cb@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2025 16:37:18 -0600
From: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
To: "John B. Wyatt IV" <jwyatt@...hat.com>,
 Shinji Nomoto <fj5851bi@...itsu.com>
Cc: Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.com>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
 John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] cpupower: Allow control of boost feature on non-x86
 based systems with boost support.

On 5/29/25 05:48, John B. Wyatt IV wrote:
> Hello Shinji, ty for your patch.
> 
> On Thu, May 22, 2025 at 03:10:57PM +0900, Shinji Nomoto wrote:
>> The cpufreq subsystem has a generic sysfs interface for controlling boost
>> (/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/boost).
>> The sysfs interface can be used to enable boost control from the cpupower
>> command on non-x86 platforms as well. So, allow boost controlling on
>> non-x86 system if boost sysfs file exists.
> 
> Did you test this on non-x86 systems? If so, would you please provide
> details on those architectures and systems?
> 

I applied these to coupower - I will go drop them now.

thanks,
-- Shuah