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Andreas Herrmann512d1022011-05-25 20:43:31 +02001Kernel driver fam15h_power
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4Supported chips:
5* AMD Family 15h Processors
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7 Prefix: 'fam15h_power'
8 Addresses scanned: PCI space
9 Datasheets:
10 BIOS and Kernel Developer's Guide (BKDG) For AMD Family 15h Processors
11 (not yet published)
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13Author: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>
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15Description
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18This driver permits reading of registers providing power information
19of AMD Family 15h processors.
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21For AMD Family 15h processors the following power values can be
22calculated using different processor northbridge function registers:
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24* BasePwrWatts: Specifies in watts the maximum amount of power
25 consumed by the processor for NB and logic external to the core.
26* ProcessorPwrWatts: Specifies in watts the maximum amount of power
27 the processor can support.
28* CurrPwrWatts: Specifies in watts the current amount of power being
29 consumed by the processor.
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31This driver provides ProcessorPwrWatts and CurrPwrWatts:
32* power1_crit (ProcessorPwrWatts)
33* power1_input (CurrPwrWatts)
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35On multi-node processors the calculated value is for the entire
36package and not for a single node. Thus the driver creates sysfs
37attributes only for internal node0 of a multi-node processor.