From: Naveen Krishna Chatradhi Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 10:53:22 +0000 (+0530) Subject: hwmon: (amd_energy) Update driver documentation X-Git-Url: http://git.maquefel.me/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=045ad73397e68e6afefe7df0af804df5fc783fcb;p=linux.git hwmon: (amd_energy) Update driver documentation Update the documentation with the newly added features * Set the accumulation interval based on resolution Signed-off-by: Naveen Krishna Chatradhi Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200929105322.8919-5-nchatrad@amd.com Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck --- diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/amd_energy.rst b/Documentation/hwmon/amd_energy.rst index f8288edff6647..86e4ebc5cbc2e 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/amd_energy.rst +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/amd_energy.rst @@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ per run to a respective 64-bit counter. The kernel thread starts running during probe, wakes up every 100secs and stops running when driver is removed. +Frequency of the accumulator thread is set during the probe +based on the chosen energy unit resolution. For example +A. fine grain (1.625 micro J) +B. course grain (0.125 milli J) + A socket and core energy read would return the current register value added to the respective energy accumulator.