X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Fprog_guide%2Fpower_man.rst;h=114d0b1c3d539b3aa251b9da1a02bce9d1e7a6c4;hb=4d4ebca430474180cdc5cb14edfda04ee4189d19;hp=3b90e6b830dab859495d7b9c2993c1e3dcb75cce;hpb=fc1f2750a3ec6da919e3c86e59d56f34ec97154b;p=dpdk.git diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/power_man.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/power_man.rst index 3b90e6b830..114d0b1c3d 100644 --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/power_man.rst +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/power_man.rst @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Power Management ================ -The Intel® DPDK Power Management feature allows users space applications to save power +The DPDK Power Management feature allows users space applications to save power by dynamically adjusting CPU frequency or entering into different C-States. * Adjusting the CPU frequency dynamically according to the utilization of RX queue. @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ For example, for cpuX, /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpufreq/ has the following s * scaling_setspeed -In the Intel® DPDK, scaling_governor is configured in user space. +In the DPDK, scaling_governor is configured in user space. Then, a user space application can prompt the kernel by writing scaling_setspeed to adjust the CPU frequency according to the strategies defined by the user space application. @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Core-load Throttling through C-States ------------------------------------- Core state can be altered by speculative sleeps whenever the specified lcore has nothing to do. -In the Intel® DPDK, if no packet is received after polling, +In the DPDK, if no packet is received after polling, speculative sleeps can be triggered according the strategies defined by the user space application. API Overview of the Power Library @@ -116,6 +116,6 @@ The power management mechanism is used to save power when performing L3 forwardi References ---------- -* l3fwd-power: The sample application in Intel® DPDK that performs L3 forwarding with power management. +* l3fwd-power: The sample application in DPDK that performs L3 forwarding with power management. -* The "L3 Forwarding with Power Management Sample Application" chapter in the *Intel® DPDK Sample Application's User Guide*. +* The "L3 Forwarding with Power Management Sample Application" chapter in the *DPDK Sample Application's User Guide*.