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@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ controlling P state selection. These files have been added to
no_turbo: limits the driver to selecting P states below the turbo
frequency range.
+ turbo_pct: displays the percentage of the total performance that
+ is supported by hardware that is in the turbo range. This number
+ is independent of whether turbo has been disabled or not.
+
For contemporary Intel processors, the frequency is controlled by the
processor itself and the P-states exposed to software are related to
performance levels. The idea that frequency can be set to a single