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diff --git a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.8 b/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.8
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--- a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.8
+++ b/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.8
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ turbostat \- Report processor frequency and idle statistics
.SH SYNOPSIS
.ft B
.B turbostat
+.RB [ "\-s" ]
.RB [ "\-v" ]
.RB [ "\-M MSR#" ]
.RB command
.br
.B turbostat
+.RB [ "\-s" ]
.RB [ "\-v" ]
.RB [ "\-M MSR#" ]
.RB [ "\-i interval_sec" ]
@@ -25,6 +27,8 @@ supports an "invariant" TSC, plus the APERF and MPERF MSRs.
on processors that additionally support C-state residency counters.
.SS Options
+The \fB-s\fP option prints only a 1-line summary for each sample interval.
+.PP
The \fB-v\fP option increases verbosity.
.PP
The \fB-M MSR#\fP option dumps the specified MSR,
@@ -39,13 +43,14 @@ displays the statistics gathered since it was forked.
.SH FIELD DESCRIPTIONS
.nf
\fBpk\fP processor package number.
-\fBcr\fP processor core number.
+\fBcor\fP processor core number.
\fBCPU\fP Linux CPU (logical processor) number.
+Note that multiple CPUs per core indicate support for Intel(R) Hyper-Threading Technology.
\fB%c0\fP percent of the interval that the CPU retired instructions.
\fBGHz\fP average clock rate while the CPU was in c0 state.
\fBTSC\fP average GHz that the TSC ran during the entire interval.
-\fB%c1, %c3, %c6\fP show the percentage residency in hardware core idle states.
-\fB%pc3, %pc6\fP percentage residency in hardware package idle states.
+\fB%c1, %c3, %c6, %c7\fP show the percentage residency in hardware core idle states.
+\fB%pc2, %pc3, %pc6, %pc7\fP percentage residency in hardware package idle states.
.fi
.PP
.SH EXAMPLE
@@ -53,25 +58,37 @@ Without any parameters, turbostat prints out counters ever 5 seconds.
(override interval with "-i sec" option, or specify a command
for turbostat to fork).
-The first row of statistics reflect the average for the entire system.
+The first row of statistics is a summary for the entire system.
+Note that the summary is a weighted average.
Subsequent rows show per-CPU statistics.
.nf
[root@x980]# ./turbostat
-cr CPU %c0 GHz TSC %c1 %c3 %c6 %pc3 %pc6
- 0.04 1.62 3.38 0.11 0.00 99.85 0.00 95.07
- 0 0 0.04 1.62 3.38 0.06 0.00 99.90 0.00 95.07
- 0 6 0.02 1.62 3.38 0.08 0.00 99.90 0.00 95.07
- 1 2 0.10 1.62 3.38 0.29 0.00 99.61 0.00 95.07
- 1 8 0.11 1.62 3.38 0.28 0.00 99.61 0.00 95.07
- 2 4 0.01 1.62 3.38 0.01 0.00 99.98 0.00 95.07
- 2 10 0.01 1.61 3.38 0.02 0.00 99.98 0.00 95.07
- 8 1 0.07 1.62 3.38 0.15 0.00 99.78 0.00 95.07
- 8 7 0.03 1.62 3.38 0.19 0.00 99.78 0.00 95.07
- 9 3 0.01 1.62 3.38 0.02 0.00 99.98 0.00 95.07
- 9 9 0.01 1.62 3.38 0.02 0.00 99.98 0.00 95.07
- 10 5 0.01 1.62 3.38 0.13 0.00 99.86 0.00 95.07
- 10 11 0.08 1.62 3.38 0.05 0.00 99.86 0.00 95.07
+cor CPU %c0 GHz TSC %c1 %c3 %c6 %pc3 %pc6
+ 0.60 1.63 3.38 2.91 0.00 96.49 0.00 76.64
+ 0 0 0.59 1.62 3.38 4.51 0.00 94.90 0.00 76.64
+ 0 6 1.13 1.64 3.38 3.97 0.00 94.90 0.00 76.64
+ 1 2 0.08 1.62 3.38 0.07 0.00 99.85 0.00 76.64
+ 1 8 0.03 1.62 3.38 0.12 0.00 99.85 0.00 76.64
+ 2 4 0.01 1.62 3.38 0.06 0.00 99.93 0.00 76.64
+ 2 10 0.04 1.62 3.38 0.02 0.00 99.93 0.00 76.64
+ 8 1 2.85 1.62 3.38 11.71 0.00 85.44 0.00 76.64
+ 8 7 1.98 1.62 3.38 12.58 0.00 85.44 0.00 76.64
+ 9 3 0.36 1.62 3.38 0.71 0.00 98.93 0.00 76.64
+ 9 9 0.09 1.62 3.38 0.98 0.00 98.93 0.00 76.64
+ 10 5 0.03 1.62 3.38 0.09 0.00 99.87 0.00 76.64
+ 10 11 0.07 1.62 3.38 0.06 0.00 99.87 0.00 76.64
+.fi
+.SH SUMMARY EXAMPLE
+The "-s" option prints the column headers just once,
+and then the one line system summary for each sample interval.
+
+.nf
+[root@x980]# ./turbostat -s
+ %c0 GHz TSC %c1 %c3 %c6 %pc3 %pc6
+ 0.61 1.89 3.38 5.95 0.00 93.44 0.00 66.33
+ 0.52 1.62 3.38 6.83 0.00 92.65 0.00 61.11
+ 0.62 1.92 3.38 5.47 0.00 93.91 0.00 67.31
.fi
.SH VERBOSE EXAMPLE
The "-v" option adds verbosity to the output:
@@ -101,33 +118,33 @@ until ^C while the other CPUs are mostly idle:
.nf
[root@x980 lenb]# ./turbostat cat /dev/zero > /dev/null
-
-^Ccr CPU %c0 GHz TSC %c1 %c3 %c6 %pc3 %pc6
- 8.49 3.63 3.38 16.23 0.66 74.63 0.00 0.00
- 0 0 1.22 3.62 3.38 32.18 0.00 66.60 0.00 0.00
- 0 6 0.40 3.61 3.38 33.00 0.00 66.60 0.00 0.00
- 1 2 0.11 3.14 3.38 0.19 3.95 95.75 0.00 0.00
- 1 8 0.05 2.88 3.38 0.25 3.95 95.75 0.00 0.00
- 2 4 0.00 3.13 3.38 0.02 0.00 99.98 0.00 0.00
- 2 10 0.00 3.09 3.38 0.02 0.00 99.98 0.00 0.00
- 8 1 0.04 3.50 3.38 14.43 0.00 85.54 0.00 0.00
- 8 7 0.03 2.98 3.38 14.43 0.00 85.54 0.00 0.00
- 9 3 0.00 3.16 3.38 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
- 9 9 99.93 3.63 3.38 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
- 10 5 0.01 2.82 3.38 0.08 0.00 99.91 0.00 0.00
- 10 11 0.02 3.36 3.38 0.06 0.00 99.91 0.00 0.00
-6.950866 sec
+^C
+cor CPU %c0 GHz TSC %c1 %c3 %c6 %pc3 %pc6
+ 8.63 3.64 3.38 14.46 0.49 76.42 0.00 0.00
+ 0 0 0.34 3.36 3.38 99.66 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
+ 0 6 99.96 3.64 3.38 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
+ 1 2 0.14 3.50 3.38 1.75 2.04 96.07 0.00 0.00
+ 1 8 0.38 3.57 3.38 1.51 2.04 96.07 0.00 0.00
+ 2 4 0.01 2.65 3.38 0.06 0.00 99.93 0.00 0.00
+ 2 10 0.03 2.12 3.38 0.04 0.00 99.93 0.00 0.00
+ 8 1 0.91 3.59 3.38 35.27 0.92 62.90 0.00 0.00
+ 8 7 1.61 3.63 3.38 34.57 0.92 62.90 0.00 0.00
+ 9 3 0.04 3.38 3.38 0.20 0.00 99.76 0.00 0.00
+ 9 9 0.04 3.29 3.38 0.20 0.00 99.76 0.00 0.00
+ 10 5 0.03 3.08 3.38 0.12 0.00 99.85 0.00 0.00
+ 10 11 0.05 3.07 3.38 0.10 0.00 99.85 0.00 0.00
+4.907015 sec
.fi
-Above the cycle soaker drives cpu9 up 3.6 Ghz turbo limit
+Above the cycle soaker drives cpu6 up 3.6 Ghz turbo limit
while the other processors are generally in various states of idle.
-Note that cpu3 is an HT sibling sharing core9
-with cpu9, and thus it is unable to get to an idle state
-deeper than c1 while cpu9 is busy.
+Note that cpu0 is an HT sibling sharing core0
+with cpu6, and thus it is unable to get to an idle state
+deeper than c1 while cpu6 is busy.
-Note that turbostat reports average GHz of 3.61, while
-the arithmetic average of the GHz column above is 3.24.
+Note that turbostat reports average GHz of 3.64, while
+the arithmetic average of the GHz column above is lower.
This is a weighted average, where the weight is %c0. ie. it is the total number of
un-halted cycles elapsed per time divided by the number of CPUs.
.SH NOTES
@@ -167,6 +184,6 @@ http://www.intel.com/products/processor/manuals/
.SH "SEE ALSO"
msr(4), vmstat(8)
.PP
-.SH AUTHORS
+.SH AUTHOR
.nf
Written by Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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