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diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/man/cpupower-idle-set.1 b/tools/power/cpupower/man/cpupower-idle-set.1 deleted file mode 100644 index 6b16072..0000000 --- a/tools/power/cpupower/man/cpupower-idle-set.1 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,71 +0,0 @@ -.TH "CPUPOWER-IDLE-SET" "1" "0.1" "" "cpupower Manual" -.SH "NAME" -.LP -cpupower idle\-set \- Utility to set cpu idle state specific kernel options -.SH "SYNTAX" -.LP -cpupower [ \-c cpulist ] idle\-info [\fIoptions\fP] -.SH "DESCRIPTION" -.LP -The cpupower idle\-set subcommand allows to set cpu idle, also called cpu -sleep state, specific options offered by the kernel. One example is disabling -sleep states. This can be handy for power vs performance tuning. -.SH "OPTIONS" -.LP -.TP -\fB\-d\fR \fB\-\-disable\fR -Disable a specific processor sleep state. -.TP -\fB\-e\fR \fB\-\-enable\fR -Enable a specific processor sleep state. - -.SH "REMARKS" -.LP -Cpuidle Governors Policy on Disabling Sleep States - -.RS 4 -Depending on the used cpuidle governor, implementing the kernel policy -how to choose sleep states, subsequent sleep states on this core, might get -disabled as well. - -There are two cpuidle governors ladder and menu. While the ladder -governor is always available, if CONFIG_CPU_IDLE is selected, the -menu governor additionally requires CONFIG_NO_HZ. - -The behavior and the effect of the disable variable depends on the -implementation of a particular governor. In the ladder governor, for -example, it is not coherent, i.e. if one is disabling a light state, -then all deeper states are disabled as well. Likewise, if one enables a -deep state but a lighter state still is disabled, then this has no effect. -.RE -.LP -Disabling the Lightest Sleep State may not have any Affect - -.RS 4 -If criteria are not met to enter deeper sleep states and the lightest sleep -state is chosen when idle, the kernel may still enter this sleep state, -irrespective of whether it is disabled or not. This is also reflected in -the usage count of the disabled sleep state when using the cpupower idle-info -command. -.RE -.LP -Selecting specific CPU Cores - -.RS 4 -By default processor sleep states of all CPU cores are set. Please refer -to the cpupower(1) manpage in the \-\-cpu option section how to disable -C-states of specific cores. -.RE -.SH "FILES" -.nf -\fI/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpuidle/state*\fP -\fI/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/*\fP -.fi -.SH "AUTHORS" -.nf -Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de> -.fi -.SH "SEE ALSO" -.LP -cpupower(1), cpupower\-monitor(1), cpupower\-info(1), cpupower\-set(1), -cpupower\-idle\-info(1) |