Merge branch 'pm-cpufreq'

* pm-cpufreq:
  cpufreq: Fix up cpufreq_boost_set_sw()
  cpufreq: fix minor typo in struct cpufreq_driver doc comment
  cpufreq: qoriq: Add platform dependencies
  clk: qoriq: add cpufreq platform device
  cpufreq: qoriq: convert to a platform driver
  cpufreq: qcom: fix wrong compatible binding
  cpufreq: imx-cpufreq-dt: support i.MX7ULP
  cpufreq: dt: Add support for r8a7742
  cpufreq: Add i.MX7ULP to cpufreq-dt-platdev blacklist
  cpufreq: omap: Build driver by default for ARCH_OMAP2PLUS
  cpufreq: intel_pstate: Use passive mode by default without HWP

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst
index ad392f3aee06..39d80bc29ccd 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_pstate.rst
@@ -62,9 +62,10 @@ on the capabilities of the processor.
 Active Mode
 -----------
 
-This is the default operation mode of ``intel_pstate``.  If it works in this
-mode, the ``scaling_driver`` policy attribute in ``sysfs`` for all ``CPUFreq``
-policies contains the string "intel_pstate".
+This is the default operation mode of ``intel_pstate`` for processors with
+hardware-managed P-states (HWP) support.  If it works in this mode, the
+``scaling_driver`` policy attribute in ``sysfs`` for all ``CPUFreq`` policies
+contains the string "intel_pstate".
 
 In this mode the driver bypasses the scaling governors layer of ``CPUFreq`` and
 provides its own scaling algorithms for P-state selection.  Those algorithms
@@ -138,12 +139,13 @@ internal P-state selection logic to be less performance-focused.
 Active Mode Without HWP
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-This is the default operation mode for processors that do not support the HWP
-feature.  It also is used by default with the ``intel_pstate=no_hwp`` argument
-in the kernel command line.  However, in this mode ``intel_pstate`` may refuse
-to work with the given processor if it does not recognize it.  [Note that
-``intel_pstate`` will never refuse to work with any processor with the HWP
-feature enabled.]
+This operation mode is optional for processors that do not support the HWP
+feature or when the ``intel_pstate=no_hwp`` argument is passed to the kernel in
+the command line.  The active mode is used in those cases if the
+``intel_pstate=active`` argument is passed to the kernel in the command line.
+In this mode ``intel_pstate`` may refuse to work with processors that are not
+recognized by it.  [Note that ``intel_pstate`` will never refuse to work with
+any processor with the HWP feature enabled.]
 
 In this mode ``intel_pstate`` registers utilization update callbacks with the
 CPU scheduler in order to run a P-state selection algorithm, either
@@ -188,10 +190,14 @@ is not set.
 Passive Mode
 ------------
 
-This mode is used if the ``intel_pstate=passive`` argument is passed to the
-kernel in the command line (it implies the ``intel_pstate=no_hwp`` setting too).
-Like in the active mode without HWP support, in this mode ``intel_pstate`` may
-refuse to work with the given processor if it does not recognize it.
+This is the default operation mode of ``intel_pstate`` for processors without
+hardware-managed P-states (HWP) support.  It is always used if the
+``intel_pstate=passive`` argument is passed to the kernel in the command line
+regardless of whether or not the given processor supports HWP.  [Note that the
+``intel_pstate=no_hwp`` setting implies ``intel_pstate=passive`` if it is used
+without ``intel_pstate=active``.]  Like in the active mode without HWP support,
+in this mode ``intel_pstate`` may refuse to work with processors that are not
+recognized by it.
 
 If the driver works in this mode, the ``scaling_driver`` policy attribute in
 ``sysfs`` for all ``CPUFreq`` policies contains the string "intel_cpufreq".