ODCM(4) Device Drivers Manual (x86) ODCM(4)

odcm — On-demand Clock Modulation

odcm0 at cpu0

The odcm driver provides support for changing the duty cycle of a CPU. This is sometimes known as “on-demand clock modulation” (ODCM). Refer to acpicpu(4) for additional details about ODCM.

The following sysctl(8) variables are available with odcm:

The target duty cycle of all CPUs. The values range from 7 (100 %) to 0 (approximately 13 %).
The current duty cycle of CPUs.
A list of available duty cycles.

Note that some errata may limit the availability of some duty cycles.

acpicpu(4), x86/est(4), x86/powernow(4)

ODCM is meant for short-term thermal management, not power management. There is usually no reason for a system administrator to change the values manually. Lowering the duty cycle may dramatically decrease performance and responsiveness of the system.

February 17, 2017 NetBSD 11.0