# # CPU Frequency scaling # menu "CPU Frequency scaling" config CPU_FREQ bool "CPU Frequency scaling" help Clock scaling allows you to change the clock speed of CPUs on the fly. This is a nice method to save battery power on notebooks, because the lower the clock speed, the less power the CPU consumes. For more information, take a look at or at If in doubt, say N. source "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig" config CPU_FREQ_TABLE tristate "CPU frequency table helpers" depends on CPU_FREQ default y help Many CPUFreq drivers use these helpers, so only say N here if the CPUFreq driver of your choice doesn't need these helpers. If in doubt, say Y. comment "CPUFreq processor drivers" depends on CPU_FREQ config X86_POWERNOW_K8 tristate "AMD Opteron/Athlon64 PowerNow!" depends on CPU_FREQ_TABLE help This adds the CPUFreq driver for mobile AMD Opteron/Athlon64 processors. For details, take a look at . If in doubt, say N. config X86_POWERNOW_K8_ACPI bool depends on ((X86_POWERNOW_K8 = "m" && ACPI_PROCESSOR) || (X86_POWERNOW_K8 = "y" && ACPI_PROCESSOR = "y")) default y config X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO tristate "Intel Enhanced SpeedStep" depends on CPU_FREQ_TABLE help This adds the CPUFreq driver for Enhanced SpeedStep enabled mobile CPUs. This means Intel Pentium M (Centrino) CPUs or 64bit enabled Intel Xeons. For details, take a look at . If in doubt, say N. config X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO_TABLE bool depends on X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO default y config X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO_ACPI bool "Use ACPI tables to decode valid frequency/voltage pairs (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on EXPERIMENTAL depends on ((X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO = "m" && ACPI_PROCESSOR) || (X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO = "y" && ACPI_PROCESSOR = "y")) help Use primarily the information provided in the BIOS ACPI tables to determine valid CPU frequency and voltage pairings. If in doubt, say Y. config X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ tristate "ACPI Processor P-States driver" depends on CPU_FREQ_TABLE && ACPI_PROCESSOR help This driver adds a CPUFreq driver which utilizes the ACPI Processor Performance States. For details, take a look at . If in doubt, say N. config X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ_PROC_INTF bool "/proc/acpi/processor/../performance interface (deprecated)" depends on X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ && PROC_FS help This enables the deprecated /proc/acpi/processor/../performance interface. While it is helpful for debugging, the generic, cross-architecture cpufreq interfaces should be used. If in doubt, say N. endmenu