linux/Documentation/thermal
Javi Merino 6b775e870c thermal: introduce the Power Allocator governor
The power allocator governor is a thermal governor that controls system
and device power allocation to control temperature.  Conceptually, the
implementation divides the sustainable power of a thermal zone among
all the heat sources in that zone.

This governor relies on "power actors", entities that represent heat
sources.  They can report current and maximum power consumption and
can set a given maximum power consumption, usually via a cooling
device.

The governor uses a Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) controller
driven by the temperature of the thermal zone.  The output of the
controller is a power budget that is then allocated to each power
actor that can have bearing on the temperature we are trying to
control.  It decides how much power to give each cooling device based
on the performance they are requesting.  The PID controller ensures
that the total power budget does not exceed the control temperature.

Cc: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
Cc: Eduardo Valentin <edubezval@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Punit Agrawal <punit.agrawal@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Javi Merino <javi.merino@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Eduardo Valentin <edubezval@gmail.com>
2015-05-04 21:27:52 -07:00
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cpu-cooling-api.txt thermal: cpu_cooling: implement the power cooling device API 2015-05-04 21:27:52 -07:00
exynos_thermal Documentation: thermal: Explain the exynos thermal driver model 2013-08-13 09:52:04 -04:00
exynos_thermal_emulation doc: fix misspellings with 'codespell' tool 2013-05-28 12:02:12 +02:00
intel_powerclamp.txt PM: Introduce Intel PowerClamp Driver 2013-02-06 13:45:00 +08:00
nouveau_thermal drm/nouveau/doc: update the thermal documentation 2014-06-17 14:50:17 +10:00
power_allocator.txt thermal: introduce the Power Allocator governor 2015-05-04 21:27:52 -07:00
sysfs-api.txt thermal: fair_share: generalize the weight concept 2015-05-04 21:27:51 -07:00
x86_pkg_temperature_thermal Thermal: Documentation for x86 package temperature thermal driver 2013-06-18 06:27:57 +08:00