intel_pstate: add kernel parameter to force loading
authorEthan Zhao <ethan.zhao@oracle.com>
Tue, 9 Dec 2014 01:43:19 +0000 (10:43 +0900)
committerRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Wed, 10 Dec 2014 23:23:48 +0000 (00:23 +0100)
commitaa4ea34da9e7a2bc0fb98f5add3e4e52872b7d45
treee1513de4b3a04ed9449a34468b82209f4dc068bc
parent966916eabfb1726fec7ea7b69f0c7f5ce366e943
intel_pstate: add kernel parameter to force loading

To force loading on Oracle Sun X86 servers, provide one kernel command line
parameter

  intel_pstate = force

For those who are aware of the risk of no power capping capabily working
and try to get better performance with this driver.

Signed-off-by: Ethan Zhao <ethan.zhao@oracle.com>
Tested-by: Alexey Kodanev <alexey.kodanev@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Linda Knippers <linda.knippers@hp.com>
Acked-by: Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c