cpufreq patch for AMD CPUs


The newest patch: Jun. 3, 2012 (can be applied to 10.3-RELEASE / 11.1-RELEASE)

This patch against "cpufreq" driver for AMD CPUs, "powernow.c" and "hwpstate.c". It can change each P-state's frequency and core voltage from default settings by definition of device.hints. devices.hints format is as follows.
hint.{drivername}.0.adjfreq=XXX
  CPU frequency(MHz) of difference from default in all P-states.
hint.{drivername}.0.adjfreqN=XXX
  CPU frequency(MHz) of difference from default in P-state N.
hint.{drivername}.0.adjvcore=XXX
  CPU core voltage(mV) of difference from default in all P-states.
hint.{drivername}.0.adjvcoreN=XXX
  CPU core voltage(mV) of difference from default in P-state N.

 *{drivername} is "powernow" or "hwpstate".
Frequency and core voltage can be defined by an arbitrary value, but it is adjusted automatically by the nearest value that CPU allows. For example, the driver sets +100MHz if you define "adjfreq=110" when frequency step that specified by CPU is 100MHz.
- Example 1

OS : FreeBSD 8.0-BETA2
H/W: HP ProLiant ML115 G5
CPU: Athlon 1640B (2.7GHz)

/boot/device.hints:
========================================================================
hint.powernow.0.adjvcore="-200"
  -> Core voltage is set to -200mV from default in all P-states.
hint.powernow.0.adjfreq="-100"
  -> Frequency is set to -100MHz from default in all P-states.
hint.powernow.0.adjfreq0="0
  -> Frequency is set to default in P-state0.
========================================================================

dmesg:
========================================================================
Copyright (c) 1992-2009 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
        The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
FreeBSD 8.0-BETA2 #56: Sun Aug 23 10:34:37 JST 2009
    junichi@shiga.pn.junichi.org:/usr/src/sys/amd64/compile/SHIGA
WARNING: WITNESS option enabled, expect reduced performance.
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor 1640B (2700.02-MHz K8-class CPU)
  Origin = "AuthenticAMD"  Id = 0x70ff2  Stepping = 2
  Features=0x78bfbff
  Features2=0x2001
  AMD Features=0xea500800
  AMD Features2=0x11d
real memory  = 2147483648 (2048 MB)
avail memory = 4105457664 (3915 MB)
ACPI APIC Table: 
ioapic0  irqs 0-23 on motherboard
kbd1 at kbdmux0
acpi0:  on motherboard
acpi0: [ITHREAD]
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
acpi0: reservation of fec00000, 1000 (3) failed
acpi0: reservation of fee00000, 1000 (3) failed
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x2008-0x200b on acpi0
acpi_hpet0:  iomem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff on acpi0
Timecounter "HPET" frequency 25000000 Hz quality 900
....
cpu0:  on acpi0
powernow0:  on cpu0
powernow0: P-state0: 2700MHz->2700MHz, 1350mV->1150mV
powernow0: P-state1: 2600MHz->2500MHz, 1325mV->1125mV
powernow0: P-state2: 2400MHz->2300MHz, 1275mV->1075mV
powernow0: P-state3: 2200MHz->2100MHz, 1225mV->1025mV
powernow0: P-state4: 2000MHz->1900MHz, 1175mV->975mV
powernow0: P-state5: 1800MHz->1700MHz, 1125mV->925mV
powernow0: P-state6: 1000MHz->900MHz, 1100mV->900mV
...
========================================================================

Result of "sysctl dev.cpu.0.freq_levels":
========================================================================
dev.cpu.0.freq_levels: 2700/50000 2500/46381 2300/39643 2100/33545 1900/28057 1700/23148 900/12249
========================================================================


- Example 2

OS:  FreeBSD 8.0-BETA3
H/W: HP ProLiant ML115 G5
CPU: Phenom 9850 Black Edition (2.5GHz)

/boot/device.hints:
========================================================================
hint.hwpstate.0.adjfreq0="200"
  -> Frequency is set to +200MHz(over clock) from default in P-state0.
hint.hwpstate.0.adjfreq1="-350"
  -> Frequency is set to -350MHz from default in P-state1.
hint.hwpstate.0.adjvcore1="-175"
  -> Core voltage is set to -175mV from default in P-state1.
========================================================================

dmesg:
========================================================================
Copyright (c) 1992-2009 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
        The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
FreeBSD 8.0-BETA3 #0: Mon Aug 24 23:29:36 JST 2009
    junichi@shiga.pn.junichi.org:/usr/src/sys/amd64/compile/SHIGA
WARNING: WITNESS option enabled, expect reduced performance.
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: AMD Phenom(tm) 9850 Quad-Core Processor (2500.02-MHz K8-class CPU)
  Origin = "AuthenticAMD"  Id = 0x100f23  Stepping = 3
  Features=0x178bfbff
  Features2=0x802009
  AMD Features=0xee500800
  AMD Features2=0x7ff
  TSC: P-state invariant
real memory  = 5100273664 (4864 MB)
avail memory = 4105482240 (3915 MB)
ACPI APIC Table: 
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 4 CPUs
FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 4 core(s)
 cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID:  0
 cpu1 (AP): APIC ID:  1
 cpu2 (AP): APIC ID:  2
 cpu3 (AP): APIC ID:  3
ioapic0  irqs 0-23 on motherboard
kbd1 at kbdmux0
acpi0:  on motherboard
acpi0: [ITHREAD]
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
acpi0: reservation of fec00000, 1000 (3) failed
acpi0: reservation of fee00000, 1000 (3) failed
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x2008-0x200b on acpi0
acpi_hpet0:  iomem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff on acpi0
Timecounter "HPET" frequency 25000000 Hz quality 900
...
cpu0:  on acpi0
hwpstate0: P-state0: 2500MHz->2700MHz, 1300mV->1300mV
hwpstate0: P-state1: 1250MHz->900MHz, 1050mV->875mV
hwpstate0:  on cpu0
cpu1:  on acpi0
cpu2:  on acpi0
cpu3:  on acpi0
...
========================================================================

Result of "sysctl dev.cpu.0.freq_levels":
========================================================================
dev.cpu.0.freq_levels: 2700/30940 900/1848
========================================================================

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