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| author | James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> | 2010-03-31 08:39:27 +1100 |
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| committer | James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> | 2010-03-31 08:39:27 +1100 |
| commit | d25d6fa1a95f465ff1ec4458ca15e30b2c8dffec (patch) | |
| tree | 7362b182dedd825fc762ef7706830837e42943af /Documentation/IPMI.txt | |
| parent | 225a9be24d799aa16d543c31fb09f0c9ed1d9caa (diff) | |
| parent | 2eaa9cfdf33b8d7fb7aff27792192e0019ae8fc6 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/Documentation/IPMI.txt b/Documentation/IPMI.txt index bc38283379f..69dd29ed824 100644 --- a/Documentation/IPMI.txt +++ b/Documentation/IPMI.txt @@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ You can change this at module load time (for a module) with: regshifts=<shift1>,<shift2>,... slave_addrs=<addr1>,<addr2>,... force_kipmid=<enable1>,<enable2>,... + kipmid_max_busy_us=<ustime1>,<ustime2>,... unload_when_empty=[0|1] Each of these except si_trydefaults is a list, the first item for the @@ -433,6 +434,7 @@ kernel command line as: ipmi_si.regshifts=<shift1>,<shift2>,... ipmi_si.slave_addrs=<addr1>,<addr2>,... ipmi_si.force_kipmid=<enable1>,<enable2>,... + ipmi_si.kipmid_max_busy_us=<ustime1>,<ustime2>,... It works the same as the module parameters of the same names. @@ -450,6 +452,16 @@ force this thread on or off. If you force it off and don't have interrupts, the driver will run VERY slowly. Don't blame me, these interfaces suck. +Unfortunately, this thread can use a lot of CPU depending on the +interface's performance. This can waste a lot of CPU and cause +various issues with detecting idle CPU and using extra power. To +avoid this, the kipmid_max_busy_us sets the maximum amount of time, in +microseconds, that kipmid will spin before sleeping for a tick. This +value sets a balance between performance and CPU waste and needs to be +tuned to your needs. Maybe, someday, auto-tuning will be added, but +that's not a simple thing and even the auto-tuning would need to be +tuned to the user's desired performance. + The driver supports a hot add and remove of interfaces. This way, interfaces can be added or removed after the kernel is up and running. This is done using /sys/modules/ipmi_si/parameters/hotmod, which is a |