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  1. Kernel driver fam15h_power
  2. ==========================
  3. Supported chips:
  4. * AMD Family 15h Processors
  5. Prefix: 'fam15h_power'
  6. Addresses scanned: PCI space
  7. Datasheets:
  8. BIOS and Kernel Developer's Guide (BKDG) For AMD Family 15h Processors
  9. (not yet published)
  10. Author: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>
  11. Description
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  13. This driver permits reading of registers providing power information
  14. of AMD Family 15h processors.
  15. For AMD Family 15h processors the following power values can be
  16. calculated using different processor northbridge function registers:
  17. * BasePwrWatts: Specifies in watts the maximum amount of power
  18. consumed by the processor for NB and logic external to the core.
  19. * ProcessorPwrWatts: Specifies in watts the maximum amount of power
  20. the processor can support.
  21. * CurrPwrWatts: Specifies in watts the current amount of power being
  22. consumed by the processor.
  23. This driver provides ProcessorPwrWatts and CurrPwrWatts:
  24. * power1_crit (ProcessorPwrWatts)
  25. * power1_input (CurrPwrWatts)
  26. On multi-node processors the calculated value is for the entire
  27. package and not for a single node. Thus the driver creates sysfs
  28. attributes only for internal node0 of a multi-node processor.