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* [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: add info on hyperthreading to power library
@ 2018-01-31 12:29 David Hunt
  2018-02-06 13:27 ` Kovacevic, Marko
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: David Hunt @ 2018-01-31 12:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: dev; +Cc: david.hunt

Signed-off-by: David Hunt <david.hunt@intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/prog_guide/power_man.rst | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/power_man.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/power_man.rst
index c5d62a3..fdf8f5f 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/power_man.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/power_man.rst
@@ -97,6 +97,14 @@ basis. This is achieved by enabling Turbo Boost Technology in the BIOS, then
 looping through the relevant cores and enabling/disabling Turbo Boost on each
 core.
 
+Use of Power Library in a Hyper-Threaded Environment
+----------------------------------------------------
+
+In the case where the power library is in use on a system with Hyper-Threading enabled,
+the frequency on the physical core is set to the highest frequency of the Hyper-Thread siblings.
+So even though an application may request a scale down, the core frequency will
+remain at the highest frequency until all Hyper-Threads on that core request a scale down.
+
 API Overview of the Power Library
 ---------------------------------
 
-- 
2.7.4

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* Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: add info on hyperthreading to power library
  2018-01-31 12:29 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: add info on hyperthreading to power library David Hunt
@ 2018-02-06 13:27 ` Kovacevic, Marko
  2018-02-06 20:32   ` Thomas Monjalon
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Kovacevic, Marko @ 2018-02-06 13:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Hunt, David, dev; +Cc: Hunt, David

> Signed-off-by: David Hunt <david.hunt@intel.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/prog_guide/power_man.rst | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/power_man.rst
> b/doc/guides/prog_guide/power_man.rst

<...>

Acked-by: Marko Kovacevic <marko.kovacevic@intel.com>

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* Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: add info on hyperthreading to power library
  2018-02-06 13:27 ` Kovacevic, Marko
@ 2018-02-06 20:32   ` Thomas Monjalon
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Monjalon @ 2018-02-06 20:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Hunt, David; +Cc: dev, Kovacevic, Marko

06/02/2018 14:27, Kovacevic, Marko:
> > Signed-off-by: David Hunt <david.hunt@intel.com>
> > ---
> >  doc/guides/prog_guide/power_man.rst | 8 ++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/power_man.rst
> > b/doc/guides/prog_guide/power_man.rst
> 
> <...>
> 
> Acked-by: Marko Kovacevic <marko.kovacevic@intel.com>

Applied, thanks

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