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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 9e5bab29685f..430d0ef90273 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2117,6 +2117,16 @@ disable Do not enable intel_pstate as the default scaling driver for the supported processors + active + Use intel_pstate driver to bypass the scaling + governors layer of cpufreq and provides it own + algorithms for p-state selection. There are two + P-state selection algorithms provided by + intel_pstate in the active mode: powersave and + performance. The way they both operate depends + on whether or not the hardware managed P-states + (HWP) feature has been enabled in the processor + and possibly on the processor model. passive Use intel_pstate as a scaling driver, but configure it to work with generic cpufreq governors (instead of |