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authorBen Widawsky <benjamin.widawsky@intel.com>2015-01-10 14:36:20 -0800
committerBen Widawsky <benjamin.widawsky@intel.com>2015-01-12 15:58:21 -0800
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intel_gpu_frequency: A tool to manipulate Intel GPU frequency
WARNING: very minimally tested In general you should not need this tool. Its primary purpose is for benchmarking, and for debugging performance issues. For many kernel releases now sysfs has supported reading and writing the GPU frequency. Therefore, this tool provides no new functionality. What it does provide is an easy to package (for distros) tool that handles the most common scenarios. v2: Get rid of -f from the usage message (Jordan) Add space before [-s (Jordan) Add a -c/--custom example (Jordan) Add a setting for resetting to hardware default (Ken) Replicate examples in commit message in the source code. (me) v3: Its not It's (me) Add --help/-h to usage Add Version + man page Rename tool to intel_gpu_frequency, from intel_frequency Remove "sudo" from the examples Signed-off-by: Ben Widawsky <ben@bwidawsk.net> Reviewed-by: Jordan Justen <jordan.l.justen@intel.com> Cc: Kenneth Graunke <kenneth@whitecape.org> Here are some sample usages: $ intel_gpu_frequency --get=cur,min,max,eff cur: 200 MHz min: 200 MHz RP1: 200 MHz max: 1200 MHz $ intel_gpu_frequency -g cur: 200 MHz min: 200 MHz RP1: 200 MHz max: 1200 MHz $ intel_gpu_frequency -geff RP1: 200 MHz $ intel_gpu_frequency --set min=300 $ intel_gpu_frequency --get min cur: 300 MHz min: 300 MHz RP1: 200 MHz max: 1200 MHz $ intel_gpu_frequency --custom max=900 $ intel_gpu_frequency --get max cur: 300 MHz min: 300 MHz RP1: 200 MHz max: 900 MHz $ intel_gpu_frequency --max $ intel_gpu_frequency -g cur: 1200 MHz min: 1200 MHz RP1: 200 MHz max: 1200 MHz $ intel_gpu_frequency -e $ intel_gpu_frequency -g cur: 200 MHz min: 200 MHz RP1: 200 MHz max: 200 MHz $ intel_gpu_frequency --max $ intel_gpu_frequency -g cur: 1200 MHz min: 1200 MHz RP1: 200 MHz max: 1200 MHz $ intel_gpu_frequency --min $ intel_gpu_frequency -g cur: 200 MHz min: 200 MHz RP1: 200 MHz max: 200 MHz
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-rw-r--r--man/Makefile.am1
-rw-r--r--man/intel_gpu_frequency.man58
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diff --git a/man/Makefile.am b/man/Makefile.am
index 0d04f934..dcd79528 100644
--- a/man/Makefile.am
+++ b/man/Makefile.am
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ appman_PRE = \
intel_bios_dumper.man \
intel_bios_reader.man \
intel_error_decode.man \
+ intel_gpu_frequency.man \
intel_gpu_top.man \
intel_gtt.man \
intel_infoframes.man \
diff --git a/man/intel_gpu_frequency.man b/man/intel_gpu_frequency.man
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..60e4e0c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/intel_gpu_frequency.man
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+.TH INTEL_FREQUENCY: "1" "January 2015" "intel_gpu_frequency" "User Commands"
+.SH NAME
+intel_gpu_frequency: \- manual page for intel_gpu_frequency
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B intel_gpu_frequency
+[\fI\,-e\/\fR] [\fI\,--min | --max\/\fR] [\fI\,-g (min|max|efficient)\/\fR] [\fI\,-s frequency_mhz\/\fR]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+\&A program to manipulate Intel GPU frequencies. Intel GPUs
+will automatically throttle the frequencies based on system demands, up when
+needed, down when not. This tool should only be used for debugging performance
+problems, or trying to get a stable frequency while benchmarking.
+
+Intel GPUs only accept specific frequencies. The tool may, or may not attempt to
+adjust requests to the proper frequency if they aren't correct. This may lead to
+non-obvious failures when setting frequency. Multiples of 50MHz is usually a
+safe bet.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+\fB\-e\fR
+Lock frequency to the most efficient frequency
+.TP
+\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-get=\fR
+Get the frequency comma separated list of ("cur"|"min"|"max"|"eff")
+.TP
+\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-set\fR
+Lock frequency to an absolute value (MHz)
+.TP
+\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-custom\fR
+Set a min, or max frequency "min=X | max=Y"
+.TP
+\fB\-m\fR \fB\-\-max\fR
+Lock frequency to max frequency
+.TP
+\fB\-i\fR \fB\-\-min\fR
+Lock frequency to min (never a good idea, DEBUG ONLY)
+.TP
+\fB\-d\fR \fB\-\-defaults\fR
+Return the system to hardware defaults
+.TP
+\fB\-h\fR \fB\-\-help\fR
+Returns this
+.HP
+\fB\-v\fR \fB\-\-version\fR Version
+.SH EXAMPLES
+.TP
+\fbintel_gpu_frequency \-gmin,cur\fR
+Get the current and minimum frequency
+.TP
+\fbintel_gpu_frequency \-s 400\fR
+Lock frequency to 400Mhz
+.TP
+\fbintel_gpu_frequency \-c max=750\fR
+Set the max frequency to 750MHz
+.PP
+.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
+Report bugs to https://bugs.freedesktop.org
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+Copyright (C) 2015 Intel Corporation