From: Swapnil Sapkal <swapnil.sapkal@amd.com>
Currently the default cpufreq driver for all the AMD EPYC servers is
acpi-cpufreq. Going forward, switch to amd-pstate as the default
driver on the AMD EPYC server platforms with CPU family 0x1A or
higher. The default mode will be active mode.
Testing shows that amd-pstate with active mode and performance
governor provides comparable or better performance per-watt against
acpi-cpufreq + performance governor.
Likewise, amd-pstate with active mode and powersave governor with the
energy_performance_preference=power (EPP=255) provides comparable or
better performance per-watt against acpi-cpufreq + schedutil governor
for a wide range of workloads.
Users can still revert to using acpi-cpufreq driver on these platforms
with the "amd_pstate=disable" kernel commandline parameter.
Signed-off-by: Swapnil Sapkal <swapnil.sapkal@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Gautham R. Shenoy <gautham.shenoy@amd.com>
---
drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
index 23349f50c83e..3c14962adeb2 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
@@ -1832,10 +1832,10 @@ static int __init amd_pstate_init(void)
if (cppc_state == AMD_PSTATE_UNDEFINED) {
/* Disable on the following configs by default:
* 1. Undefined platforms
- * 2. Server platforms
+ * 2. Server platforms with CPUs older than Family 0x1A.
*/
if (amd_pstate_acpi_pm_profile_undefined() ||
- amd_pstate_acpi_pm_profile_server()) {
+ (amd_pstate_acpi_pm_profile_server() && boot_cpu_data.x86 < 0x1A)) {
pr_info("driver load is disabled, boot with specific mode to enable this\n");
return -ENODEV;
}
--
2.34.1