cpufreq: intel_pstate: Documentation: Add references sections
Add separate refereces sections to the cpufreq.rst and intel_pstate.rst documents under admin-quide/pm and list the references to external documentation in there. Update the ACPI specification URL while at it. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
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For the processors supported by ``intel_pstate``, the P-state concept is broader
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than just an operating frequency or an operating performance point (see the
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`LinuxCon Europe 2015 presentation by Kristen Accardi <LCEU2015_>`_ for more
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LinuxCon Europe 2015 presentation by Kristen Accardi [1]_ for more
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information about that). For this reason, the representation of P-states used
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by ``intel_pstate`` internally follows the hardware specification (for details
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refer to `Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual
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Volume 3: System Programming Guide <SDM_>`_). However, the ``CPUFreq`` core
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refer to Intel Software Developer’s Manual [2]_). However, the ``CPUFreq`` core
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uses frequencies for identifying operating performance points of CPUs and
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frequencies are involved in the user space interface exposed by it, so
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``intel_pstate`` maps its internal representation of P-states to frequencies too
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On the majority of systems supported by ``intel_pstate``, the ACPI tables
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provided by the platform firmware contain ``_PSS`` objects returning information
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that can be used for CPU performance scaling (refer to the `ACPI specification`_
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for details on the ``_PSS`` objects and the format of the information returned
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by them).
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that can be used for CPU performance scaling (refer to the ACPI specification
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[3]_ for details on the ``_PSS`` objects and the format of the information
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returned by them).
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The information returned by the ACPI ``_PSS`` objects is used by the
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``acpi-cpufreq`` scaling driver. On systems supported by ``intel_pstate``
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<idle>-0 [000] ..s. 2537.654843: intel_pstate_set_pstate <-intel_pstate_timer_func
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.. _LCEU2015: http://events.linuxfoundation.org/sites/events/files/slides/LinuxConEurope_2015.pdf
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.. _SDM: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/64-ia-32-architectures-software-developer-system-programming-manual-325384.html
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.. _ACPI specification: http://www.uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/ACPI_6_1.pdf
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References
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==========
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.. [1] Kristen Accardi, *Balancing Power and Performance in the Linux Kernel*,
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http://events.linuxfoundation.org/sites/events/files/slides/LinuxConEurope_2015.pdf
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.. [2] *Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual Volume 3: System Programming Guide*,
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http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/64-ia-32-architectures-software-developer-system-programming-manual-325384.html
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.. [3] *Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Specification*,
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https://uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/ACPI_6_3_final_Jan30.pdf
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