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    cpufreq: intel_pstate: Use passive mode by default without HWP · 33aa46f2
    Rafael J. Wysocki authored
    After recent changes allowing scale-invariant utilization to be
    used on x86, the schedutil governor on top of intel_pstate in the
    passive mode should be on par with (or better than) the active mode
    "powersave" algorithm of intel_pstate on systems in which
    hardware-managed P-states (HWP) are not used, so it should not be
    necessary to use the internal scaling algorithm in those cases.
    
    Accordingly, modify intel_pstate to start in the passive mode by
    default if the processor at hand does not support HWP of if the driver
    is requested to avoid using HWP through the kernel command line.
    
    Among other things, that will allow utilization clamps and the
    support for RT/DL tasks in the schedutil governor to be utilized on
    systems in which intel_pstate is used.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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