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122 lines
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.\" Copyright (c) 2012 Sean Bruno <sbruno@freebsd.org>
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd October 18, 2012
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.Dt EST 4
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm est
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.Nd Enhanced Speedstep Technology
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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To compile this capability into your kernel
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place the following line in your kernel
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configuration file:
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.Bd -ragged -offset indent
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.Cd "device cpufreq"
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.Ed
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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interface provides support for the Intel Enhanced Speedstep Technology.
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.Pp
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Note that
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.Nm
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capabilities are automatically loaded by the
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.Xr cpufreq 4
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driver.
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.Sh LOADER TUNABLES
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The
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.Nm
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interface is intended to allow
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.Xr cpufreq 4
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to access and implement Intel Enhanced SpeedStep Technology via
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.Xr acpi 4
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and the acpi_perf interface accessors.
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If the default settings are not optimal, the following sysctls can be
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used to modify or monitor
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.Nm
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behavior.
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It hw.est.msr_info
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Attempt to infer information from direct probing of the msr.
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Should only be used in diagnostic cases.
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.Pq default 0
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.It hw.est.strict
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Validate frequency requested is accepted by the cpu when set.
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It appears that this will only work on single core cpus.
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.Pq default 0
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.El
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.Sh SYSCTL VARIABLES
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The following
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.Xr sysctl 8
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values are available
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Va dev.est.%d.\%desc
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Description of support, almost always Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control.
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.It dev.est.0.%desc: Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control
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.It Va dev.est.%d.\%driver
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Driver in use, always est.
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.It dev.est.0.%driver: est
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.It Va dev.est.%d.\%parent
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.It dev.est.0.%parent: cpu0
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The cpu that is exposing these frequencies.
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For example
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.Va cpu0 .
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.It Va dev.est.%d.freq_settings .
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The valid frequencies that are allowed by this CPU and their step values.
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.It dev.est.0.freq_settings: 2201/45000 2200/45000 2000/39581 1900/37387
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1800/34806 1700/32703 1600/30227 1500/28212 1400/25828 1300/23900 1200/21613
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1100/19775 1000/17582 900/15437 800/13723
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.Pp
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.El
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
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.Bl -diag
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.It "est%d: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu%d"
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.Pp
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Indicates normal startup of this interface.
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.It "est: CPU supports Enhanced Speedstep, but is not recognized."
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.It "est: cpu_vendor GenuineIntel, msr 471c471c0600471c"
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.It "device_attach: est%d attach returned 6"
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.Pp
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Indicates all attempts to attach to this interface have failed.
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This usually indicates an improper BIOS setting restricting O/S
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control of the CPU speeds.
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Consult your BIOS documentation for more details.
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.El
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.Sh COMPATIBILITY
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.Nm
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is only found on supported Intel CPUs.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr cpufreq 4
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.Rs
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.%T "Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer Manuals"
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.%U "http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/architectures-software-developer-manuals.html"
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.Re
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.Sh AUTHORS
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This manual page was written by
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.An Sean Bruno Aq sbruno@FreeBSD.org .
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