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author | Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com> | 2009-10-26 16:50:07 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-10-29 07:39:30 -0700 |
commit | 115a57c5b31ab560574fe1a09deaba2ae89e77b5 (patch) | |
tree | 000dbd6e57a5fffc2e0e3e4c1d82a98c00137c53 /Documentation | |
parent | 46c529cf79f6c7b239f83b4997d676dd5b51908c (diff) | |
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hwmon: enhance the sysfs API for power meters
Augment the documentation of the hwmon sysfs API to accomodate ACPI power
meters and the current desired behavior of power capping hardware drivers.
Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Cc: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface | 57 |
1 files changed, 56 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface b/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface index dcbd502c8792..82def883361b 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface @@ -353,10 +353,20 @@ power[1-*]_average Average power use Unit: microWatt RO -power[1-*]_average_interval Power use averaging interval +power[1-*]_average_interval Power use averaging interval. A poll + notification is sent to this file if the + hardware changes the averaging interval. Unit: milliseconds RW +power[1-*]_average_interval_max Maximum power use averaging interval + Unit: milliseconds + RO + +power[1-*]_average_interval_min Minimum power use averaging interval + Unit: milliseconds + RO + power[1-*]_average_highest Historical average maximum power use Unit: microWatt RO @@ -365,6 +375,18 @@ power[1-*]_average_lowest Historical average minimum power use Unit: microWatt RO +power[1-*]_average_max A poll notification is sent to + power[1-*]_average when power use + rises above this value. + Unit: microWatt + RW + +power[1-*]_average_min A poll notification is sent to + power[1-*]_average when power use + sinks below this value. + Unit: microWatt + RW + power[1-*]_input Instantaneous power use Unit: microWatt RO @@ -381,6 +403,39 @@ power[1-*]_reset_history Reset input_highest, input_lowest, average_highest and average_lowest. WO +power[1-*]_accuracy Accuracy of the power meter. + Unit: Percent + RO + +power[1-*]_alarm 1 if the system is drawing more power than the + cap allows; 0 otherwise. A poll notification is + sent to this file when the power use exceeds the + cap. This file only appears if the cap is known + to be enforced by hardware. + RO + +power[1-*]_cap If power use rises above this limit, the + system should take action to reduce power use. + A poll notification is sent to this file if the + cap is changed by the hardware. The *_cap + files only appear if the cap is known to be + enforced by hardware. + Unit: microWatt + RW + +power[1-*]_cap_hyst Margin of hysteresis built around capping and + notification. + Unit: microWatt + RW + +power[1-*]_cap_max Maximum cap that can be set. + Unit: microWatt + RO + +power[1-*]_cap_min Minimum cap that can be set. + Unit: microWatt + RO + ********** * Energy * ********** |