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docs: admin-guide: pm: avoid using ReST :doc:foo markup

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Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/04616d9fc0b4a0d33486fa0018631a2db2eba860.1623824363.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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Mauro Carvalho Chehab 2021-06-16 08:27:18 +02:00 committed by Jonathan Corbet
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Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_idle.rst
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@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ Nehalem and later generations of Intel processors, but the level of support for
a particular processor model in it depends on whether or not it recognizes that
processor model and may also depend on information coming from the platform
firmware. [To understand ``intel_idle`` it is necessary to know how ``CPUIdle``
works in general, so this is the time to get familiar with :doc:`cpuidle` if you
have not done that yet.]
works in general, so this is the time to get familiar with
Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpuidle.rst if you have not done that yet.]
``intel_idle`` uses the ``MWAIT`` instruction to inform the processor that the
logical CPU executing it is idle and so it may be possible to put some of the
@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ processor) corresponding to them depends on the processor model and it may also
depend on the configuration of the platform.
In order to create a list of available idle states required by the ``CPUIdle``
subsystem (see :ref:`idle-states-representation` in :doc:`cpuidle`),
subsystem (see :ref:`idle-states-representation` in
Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpuidle.rst),
``intel_idle`` can use two sources of information: static tables of idle states
for different processor models included in the driver itself and the ACPI tables
of the system. The former are always used if the processor model at hand is
@ -98,7 +99,8 @@ states may not be enabled by default if there are no matching entries in the
preliminary list of idle states coming from the ACPI tables. In that case user
space still can enable them later (on a per-CPU basis) with the help of
the ``disable`` idle state attribute in ``sysfs`` (see
:ref:`idle-states-representation` in :doc:`cpuidle`). This basically means that
:ref:`idle-states-representation` in
Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpuidle.rst). This basically means that
the idle states "known" to the driver may not be enabled by default if they have
not been exposed by the platform firmware (through the ACPI tables).
@ -186,7 +188,8 @@ be desirable. In practice, it is only really necessary to do that if the idle
states in question cannot be enabled during system startup, because in the
working state of the system the CPU power management quality of service (PM
QoS) feature can be used to prevent ``CPUIdle`` from touching those idle states
even if they have been enumerated (see :ref:`cpu-pm-qos` in :doc:`cpuidle`).
even if they have been enumerated (see :ref:`cpu-pm-qos` in
Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpuidle.rst).
Setting ``max_cstate`` to 0 causes the ``intel_idle`` initialization to fail.
The ``no_acpi`` and ``use_acpi`` module parameters (recognized by ``intel_idle``
@ -202,7 +205,8 @@ Namely, the positions of the bits that are set in the ``states_off`` value are
the indices of idle states to be disabled by default (as reflected by the names
of the corresponding idle state directories in ``sysfs``, :file:`state0`,
:file:`state1` ... :file:`state<i>` ..., where ``<i>`` is the index of the given
idle state; see :ref:`idle-states-representation` in :doc:`cpuidle`).
idle state; see :ref:`idle-states-representation` in
Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpuidle.rst).
For example, if ``states_off`` is equal to 3, the driver will disable idle
states 0 and 1 by default, and if it is equal to 8, idle state 3 will be

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@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ General Information
(``CPUFreq``). It is a scaling driver for the Sandy Bridge and later
generations of Intel processors. Note, however, that some of those processors
may not be supported. [To understand ``intel_pstate`` it is necessary to know
how ``CPUFreq`` works in general, so this is the time to read :doc:`cpufreq` if
you have not done that yet.]
how ``CPUFreq`` works in general, so this is the time to read
Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst if you have not done that yet.]
For the processors supported by ``intel_pstate``, the P-state concept is broader
than just an operating frequency or an operating performance point (see the
@ -445,8 +445,9 @@ Interpretation of Policy Attributes
-----------------------------------
The interpretation of some ``CPUFreq`` policy attributes described in
:doc:`cpufreq` is special with ``intel_pstate`` as the current scaling driver
and it generally depends on the driver's `operation mode <Operation Modes_>`_.
Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst is special with ``intel_pstate``
as the current scaling driver and it generally depends on the driver's
`operation mode <Operation Modes_>`_.
First of all, the values of the ``cpuinfo_max_freq``, ``cpuinfo_min_freq`` and
``scaling_cur_freq`` attributes are produced by applying a processor-specific