intel_idle: disable NHM/WSM HW C-state auto-demotion

Hardware C-state auto-demotion is a mechanism where the HW overrides
the OS C-state request, instead demoting to a shallower state,
which is less expensive, but saves less power.

Modern Linux should generally get exactly the states it requests.
In particular, when a CPU is taken off-line, it must not be demoted, else
it can prevent the entire package from reaching deep C-states.

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25252

Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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Len Brown
2011-01-18 20:48:27 -05:00
parent 100b33c8bd
commit 14796fca2b
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@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@
#define MSR_IA32_PERFCTR1 0x000000c2
#define MSR_FSB_FREQ 0x000000cd
#define MSR_NHM_SNB_PKG_CST_CFG_CTL 0x000000e2
#define NHM_C3_AUTO_DEMOTE (1UL << 25)
#define NHM_C1_AUTO_DEMOTE (1UL << 26)
#define MSR_MTRRcap 0x000000fe
#define MSR_IA32_BBL_CR_CTL 0x00000119