You are thinking of plugging into intel_pstate to make it smarter for ia freq 
transitions?
Yep. This seems a correct step to give some automatic support instead of 
parameter/hardcoded multiplier.

Does this mean we should use cpufreq/intel_pstate based approach instead of the current modparam solution for Gen9?

Some concerns and questions about intel_pstate approach:
a) Currently, we cannot get the accurate pstate/target freq value from cpufreq in intel_pstate active mode since      these values won't be exported to cpufreq layer, so if we won't change intel_pstate code then we only can get
     the max cpu freq of a new policy.
b) intel_pstate policy is attached to each logic cpu, which means we will receive policy/freq transition notification     for each logic cpu freq change. One question is how we are going to decide the freq of the ring? just use the max
    cpu freq reported?
c) With the intel_pstate approach we may still run into thermal throttling, in this case, can a certain cooling device
    be triggered to lower the cpu freq?

Thanks and Regards,
-Jackie

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