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| 1 | +# Dasharo APU Configuration |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +The Dasharo APU Configuration menu is an exclusive menu for PC Engines apu |
| 4 | +platforms. This menu is intended to provide equivalent runtime configuration |
| 5 | +capabilities as [PC Engines sortbootorder](https://github.com/pcengines/sortbootorder). |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +> Not all sortbootorder options may be currently available. They may be added |
| 8 | +> in the future. |
| 9 | +
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| 10 | +## Dasharo APU Configuration menu options |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +When entering the `Dasharo APU Configuration` menu, one may see the |
| 13 | +following options to appear: |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +{ class="center" } |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +### Core Performance Boost |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +This option enables AMD Core Performance Boost (aka CPU Turbo). When enabled |
| 20 | +firmware will make 2 additional boosted P-states available. Core Performance |
| 21 | +Boost is able to raise a single core frequency from 1000MHz up to 1400MHz if |
| 22 | +other cores are pretty much inactive. |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +Disable this option if you notice system unstabilities. |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +### Watchdog |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +`Enable watchdog` option controls whether the AMD FCH watchdog will be enabled |
| 29 | +during boot. When selected, the `Watchdog timeout value` will appear, where |
| 30 | +one can specify the watchdog expiration timeout in seconds. |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +The watchdog is useful when a platform hangs and needs to be reset |
| 33 | +automatically, which will happen if watchdog timer expires. Minimum timeout is |
| 34 | +60s to let the OS take control over the watchdog (e.g. sp5100_tco watchdog |
| 35 | +driver for Linux) and keep reloading it to avoid resets. |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +### PCI Express power management features |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +When enabled, the firmware will attempt to enable Clock Power Management, ASPM |
| 40 | +L0s and L1 on PCI Express ports. Enabling these options may result in [PCI |
| 41 | +Express device performance |
| 42 | +reduction](https://github.com/pcengines/coreboot/issues/387) at the cost of |
| 43 | +better power savings. |
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