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Documentation: admin-guide: PM: Add Out of Band mode

Update documentation for using the tool to support performance level
change via OOB (Out of Band) interface.

Signed-off-by: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>

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Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel-speed-select.rst
··· 262 262 level 0 to 2800 MHz at performance level 4. As a result, any workload, which can 263 263 use fewer CPUs, can see a boost of 200 MHz compared to performance level 0. 264 264 265 + Changing performance level via BMC Interface 266 + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 267 + 268 + It is possible to change SST-PP level using out of band (OOB) agent (Via some 269 + remote management console, through BMC "Baseboard Management Controller" 270 + interface). This mode is supported from the Sapphire Rapids processor 271 + generation. The kernel and tool change to support this mode is added to Linux 272 + kernel version 5.18. To enable this feature, kernel config 273 + "CONFIG_INTEL_HFI_THERMAL" is required. The minimum version of the tool 274 + is "v1.12" to support this feature, which is part of Linux kernel version 5.18. 275 + 276 + To support such configuration, this tool can be used as a daemon. Add 277 + a command line option --oob:: 278 + 279 + # intel-speed-select --oob 280 + Intel(R) Speed Select Technology 281 + Executing on CPU model:143[0x8f] 282 + OOB mode is enabled and will run as daemon 283 + 284 + In this mode the tool will online/offline CPUs based on the new performance 285 + level. 286 + 265 287 Check presence of other Intel(R) SST features 266 288 --------------------------------------------- 267 289