powerd_flags is mentioned in rc.conf(5) and can be set there and pass to
powerd.
PR: 258320
MFC after: 3 days
Reported by: Michael <michael.hmich@gmail.com>
- Sort options.
- Do not use macros (like .Ar) to specify width for Bl (macros within that
string are not expanded).
- Use Cm instead of Ar for mode names.
- Fix some typos reported by mandoc.
- Move the documentation of the PID file from the -P flag description to
the FILES section.
Approved by: bcr (mentor)
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D23941
With powerd_flags="-N", this makes powerd(8) exclude "nice" time when
computing the CPU utilization. This makes it possible to prevent
CPU-intensive "background" processes from spinning up the CPU.
Note that only *userland* CPU usage belonging to "nice" processes is
excluded; we do not track whether time spent in the kernel is on behalf
of nice or non-nice processes, so kernel-intensive nice processes can
still result in the CPU being sped up.
MFC after: 2 weeks
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D23868
This change allows to determine power source via sysctl or /dev/apm
when devd(8) is running (used by default).
Based on patch from PR; other changes on top of it:
- '-f' (force) -> '-s' (source) parameter renaming;
- allow 'apm' -> 'devd' transition when '-s devd' is set
(if APM is enabled);
- man page update.
Checked on amd64 with -s devd / sysctl and apm
(an extra build with forced USE_APM define set was done)
PR: 125707
Submitted by: Konstantin Stepanov <milezv@yandex.ru>
Reviewed by: bcr, imp
MFC after: 1 week
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D18742
1. Make it more SMP polite. Previous version uses average CPU load that
often leads to load underestimation. It make powerd with default
configuration unusable on systems with more then 2 CPUs. I propose to use
summary load instead of average one. IMO this is the best we can do without
specially tuned scheduler. Also as soon as measuring total load on SMP
systems is more useful then total idle, I have switched to it.
2. Make powerd's operation independent from number and size of frequency
levels. I have added internal frequency counter which translated into real
frequencies only on a last stage and only as good as gone. Some systems may
have only several power levels, while others - many of them, so adaptation
time with previous approach was completely different.
3. As part of previous I have changed adaptive mode to rise frequency on
demand up to 2 times and fall on 1/8 per time internal.
4. For desktop (AC-powered) systems I have added one more mode - "hiadaptive".
It rises frequency twice faster, drops it 4 times slower, prefers twice
lower CPU load and has additional delay before leaving the highest frequency
after the period of maximum load. This mode was specially made to improve
interactivity of the systems where operation capabilities are more
significant then power consumption, but keeping maximum frequency all the
time is not needed.
5. I have reduced default polling interval from 1/2 to 1/4 of second.
It is not so important for algorithm math now, but gives better system
interactivity.
Discussed on: mobile@
with moderate IO going on, system usage can hover around 65-77% even
though it would benefit from higher performance. Typically, only truly
idle systems pass the 90% mark so only demote then.
