# References

## Related documents

| Title | Number |
| --- | --- |
| **Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.** | **Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.** |
| [*Qualcomm Linux Build Guide*](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/publicresource/topics/80-70018-254/introduction.html) | 80-70018-254 |
| [*Qualcomm Software Center*](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/publicresource/topics/80-72780-2/overview.html) | 80-72780-2 |
| [*Qualcomm Linux Performance Guide - Addendum for QCS9075*](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/resource/topics/80-70018-10A/overview.html)<br><br><br>Available to licensed users with authorized access. | 80-70018-10A |
| [*Qualcomm Linux Performance Guide - Addendum for QCS8275*](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/resource/topics/80-70018-10B/overview.html)<br><br><br>Available to licensed users with authorized access. | 80-70018-10B |
| **Resources** | **Resources** |
| [https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt](https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt) |  |
| [https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.0/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.html](https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.0/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.html) |  |
| [https://lwn.net/Articles/531853/](https://lwn.net/Articles/531853/) |  |
| [https://lwn.net/ml/linux-kernel/20220531105137.110050-1-krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org/](https://lwn.net/ml/linux-kernel/20220531105137.110050-1-krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org/) |  |
| [https://lttng.org/docs/v2.13/](https://lttng.org/docs/v2.13/) |  |
| [perf: Linux profiling with performance counters](https://perf.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page) |  |
| [https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemd-analyze.html](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemd-analyze.html) |  |

## Acronyms and terms

| Acronym or term | Definition |
| --- | --- |
| BWMON | Bandwidth monitoring |
| DTSI | Device tree source include |
| DVFS | Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling |
| EEVDF | Earliest eligible virtual deadline first |
| Ftrace | Function trace |
| GMEM | GPU memory |
| Kswapd | Kernel swap daemon |
| LLCC | Last level cache controller |
| LTTng | Linux Trace Toolkit next generation |
| PELT | Per entity load tracking |
| PerfHAL | Performance abstraction layer |
| PMU | Performance monitoring unit |
| QSC | Qualcomm Software Center |
| QTEE | Qualcomm® Trusted Execution Environment |
| RT | Real-time (kernel) |
| SoC | System-on-chip |
| TZ | TrustZone |
| UCLAMP | Utilization clamping |

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