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cpupower-info.1: describe the --perf-bias option

PATCH Superseded Roberto Ricci 2 participants 3 messages Mar 11 CPU power monitoring

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PATCH 4/4 cpupower-info.1: describe the --perf-bias option

Signed-off-by Roberto Ricci <[email protected]>
---
 tools/power/cpupower/man/cpupower-info.1 | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
tools/power/cpupower/man/cpupower-info.1 +8 -1
index 340bcd0be7de..a8d5aee4381c 100644
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 cpupower\-info \- Shows processor power related kernel or hardware configurations
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .ft B
-.B cpupower info [ \-b ]
+.B cpupower info [\fIoptions\fP]
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 \fBcpupower info \fP shows kernel configurations or processor hardware

@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ Some options are platform wide, some affect single cores. By default values
 of core zero are displayed only. cpupower --cpu all cpuinfo will show the
 settings of all cores, see cpupower(1) how to choose specific cores.
 
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+.LP 
+.TP  
+\fB\-b\fR \fB\-\-perf-bias\fR
+Gets the current performance bias value.
+.TP  
+
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 Options are described in detail in:
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#1 lore raw

On 3/11/26 13:20, Roberto Ricci wrote:

Missing change log.

Quoted 22 lines
Signed-off-by Roberto Ricci <[email protected]>
---
  tools/power/cpupower/man/cpupower-info.1 | 9 ++++++++-
  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
tools/power/cpupower/man/cpupower-info.1 +1 -1
index 340bcd0be7de..a8d5aee4381c 100644
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  cpupower\-info \- Shows processor power related kernel or hardware configurations
  .SH SYNOPSIS
  .ft B
-.B cpupower info [ \-b ]
+.B cpupower info [\fIoptions\fP]
 
  .SH DESCRIPTION
  \fBcpupower info \fP shows kernel configurations or processor hardware

@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ Some options are platform wide, some affect single cores. By default values
  of core zero are displayed only. cpupower --cpu all cpuinfo will show the
  settings of all cores, see cpupower(1) how to choose specific cores.

tools/power/cpupower/man/cpupower-info.1 Some options are platform wide, some affect single cores. By default values · line 25

Quoted 10 lines
tools/power/cpupower/man/cpupower-info.1 +7 -0
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+.LP
+.TP
+\fB\-b\fR \fB\-\-perf-bias\fR
+Gets the current performance bias value.
+.TP
+
  .SH "SEE ALSO"
  Options are described in detail in:

thanks,
-- Shuah

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#2 lore raw

The cpupower-info(1) man page only mentions the short form of the '--perf-bias' option in the synopsys, but the long form is not documented and its effect is not explained.

Fixes 7fe2f6399a84760a9af8896ac152728250f82adb ("cpupowerutils - cpufrequtils extended with quite some features")

Signed-off-by Roberto Ricci <[email protected]>

---
v1 -> v2: improved changelog
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/abHAkgiPg8VDpDoV@desktop0a/

 tools/power/cpupower/man/cpupower-info.1 | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
tools/power/cpupower/man/cpupower-info.1 +8 -1
index 340bcd0be7de..a8d5aee4381c 100644
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 cpupower\-info \- Shows processor power related kernel or hardware configurations
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .ft B
-.B cpupower info [ \-b ]
+.B cpupower info [\fIoptions\fP]
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 \fBcpupower info \fP shows kernel configurations or processor hardware

@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ Some options are platform wide, some affect single cores. By default values
 of core zero are displayed only. cpupower --cpu all cpuinfo will show the
 settings of all cores, see cpupower(1) how to choose specific cores.
 
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+.LP 
+.TP  
+\fB\-b\fR \fB\-\-perf-bias\fR
+Gets the current performance bias value.
+.TP  
+
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 Options are described in detail in:
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