x86/cpufreq: add a new driver interface, setpolicy()
authorWei Wang <wei.w.wang@intel.com>
Tue, 6 Oct 2015 15:37:48 +0000 (17:37 +0200)
committerJan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
Tue, 6 Oct 2015 15:37:48 +0000 (17:37 +0200)
commit7b82467fe7d2a2c8a7d1280414ff2c996160a3fb
tree430aea2c3c7c79877c7233c49a863791f53b4ba8
parent8db8887de6f53212e494e08c905d1d672081a01d
x86/cpufreq: add a new driver interface, setpolicy()

In order to better support future Intel processors, intel_pstate
changes to use percentage values to tune P-states. The setpolicy
driver interface is used to configure the intel_pstate internal
policy. The __cpufreq_set_policy needs to be intercepted to use
the setpolicy driver if it exists.

Signed-off-by: Wei Wang <wei.w.wang@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
xen/drivers/cpufreq/utility.c
xen/include/acpi/cpufreq/cpufreq.h