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tools: cpupower: Add cpupower-idle-set(1) manpage

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The cpupower idle-set subcommand was introduce recently.
This patch provides the missing manpage.

If cpupower is properly installed it will show up automatically
(similar to git), when invoking:
cpupower help idle-set
or
cpupower idle-set --help

Some parts have been taken over and adjusted from
git commit 62d6ae880e
documentation submitted by Carsten Emde.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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Thomas Renninger 2013-11-16 14:39:21 +01:00 committed by Rafael J. Wysocki
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.fi .fi
.SH "SEE ALSO" .SH "SEE ALSO"
.LP .LP
cpupower(1), cpupower\-monitor(1), cpupower\-info(1), cpupower\-set(1) cpupower(1), cpupower\-monitor(1), cpupower\-info(1), cpupower\-set(1),
cpupower\-idle\-set(1)

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.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)