From 7ea1bdb8e162ef7b90eef2450e9a2eaefeb58d61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Renninger Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 12:41:45 +0200 Subject: cpupower: Remove mc and smt power aware scheduler info/settings These kernel interfaces got removed by: commit 8e7fbcbc22c12414bcc9dfdd683637f58fb32759 Author: Peter Zijlstra Date: Mon Jan 9 11:28:35 2012 +0100 sched: Remove stale power aware scheduling remnants and dysfunctional knobs No need to further keep them as userspace configurations. Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki --- tools/power/cpupower/man/cpupower-info.1 | 2 +- tools/power/cpupower/man/cpupower-set.1 | 31 +------------------------------ 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-) (limited to 'tools/power/cpupower/man') diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/man/cpupower-info.1 b/tools/power/cpupower/man/cpupower-info.1 index 58e21196f17f..340bcd0be7de 100644 --- a/tools/power/cpupower/man/cpupower-info.1 +++ b/tools/power/cpupower/man/cpupower-info.1 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ cpupower\-info \- Shows processor power related kernel or hardware configurations .SH SYNOPSIS .ft B -.B cpupower info [ \-b ] [ \-s ] [ \-m ] +.B cpupower info [ \-b ] .SH DESCRIPTION \fBcpupower info \fP shows kernel configurations or processor hardware diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/man/cpupower-set.1 b/tools/power/cpupower/man/cpupower-set.1 index 9dbd536518ab..2bcc696f4496 100644 --- a/tools/power/cpupower/man/cpupower-set.1 +++ b/tools/power/cpupower/man/cpupower-set.1 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ cpupower\-set \- Set processor power related kernel or hardware configurations .SH SYNOPSIS .ft B -.B cpupower set [ \-b VAL ] [ \-s VAL ] [ \-m VAL ] +.B cpupower set [ \-b VAL ] .SH DESCRIPTION @@ -55,35 +55,6 @@ Use \fBcpupower -c all info -b\fP to verify. This options needs the msr kernel driver (CONFIG_X86_MSR) loaded. .RE -.PP -\-\-sched\-mc, \-m [ VAL ] -.RE -\-\-sched\-smt, \-s [ VAL ] -.RS 4 -\-\-sched\-mc utilizes cores in one processor package/socket first before -processes are scheduled to other processor packages/sockets. - -\-\-sched\-smt utilizes thread siblings of one processor core first before -processes are scheduled to other cores. - -The impact on power consumption and performance (positiv or negativ) heavily -depends on processor support for deep sleep states, frequency scaling and -frequency boost modes and their dependencies between other thread siblings -and processor cores. - -Taken over from kernel documentation: - -Adjust the kernel's multi-core scheduler support. - -Possible values are: -.RS 2 -0 - No power saving load balance (default value) - -1 - Fill one thread/core/package first for long running threads - -2 - Also bias task wakeups to semi-idle cpu package for power -savings -.RE .SH "SEE ALSO" cpupower-info(1), cpupower-monitor(1), powertop(1) -- cgit v1.2.3