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Dynamic EPP >> is now selected through the per-policy energy_performance_preference >> attribute, which is already documented. >> >> Fixes: 32692fcf61ed ("cpufreq/amd-pstate: Remove "amd_dynamic_epp" cmdline and "dynamic_epp" sysfs") >> Assisted-by: LLM >> Signed-off-by: Karl Mehltretter > > Thank you for catching this. Feel free to include: > > Reviewed-by: K Prateek Nayak > Thanks, applied to my amd-pstate bleeding-edge branch. >> --- >> Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 ------- >> Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst | 6 ------ >> 2 files changed, 13 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt >> index 4a12805a50ba5..1fa37bce5bb3a 100644 >> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt >> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt >> @@ -499,13 +499,6 @@ Kernel parameters >> disable >> Disable amd-pstate preferred core. >> >> - amd_dynamic_epp= >> - [X86] >> - disable >> - Disable amd-pstate dynamic EPP. >> - enable >> - Enable amd-pstate dynamic EPP. >> - >> amijoy.map= [HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support >> Map of devices attached to JOY0DAT and JOY1DAT >> Format: , >> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst >> index 6fd72ba52df20..4c5d3d8acf645 100644 >> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst >> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst >> @@ -481,12 +481,6 @@ For systems that support ``amd-pstate`` preferred core, the core rankings will >> always be advertised by the platform. But OS can choose to ignore that via the >> kernel parameter ``amd_prefcore=disable``. >> >> -``amd_dynamic_epp`` >> - >> -When AMD pstate is in auto mode, dynamic EPP will control whether the kernel >> -autonomously changes the EPP mode. The default is disabled. It can be enabled >> -with the kernel parameter ``amd_dynamic_epp=enable``. >> - >> User Space Interface in ``sysfs`` - General >> =========================================== >> >