From 46d81b338bbdbaf2d28da808ae53357887271183 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "andrefsagh@gmail.com" Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2023 11:17:37 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] Add note about zenpower3 Add note about the necessity of having the zenpower3 driver installed to show the power draw of AMD Ryzen CPUs --- README.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7cf97654..75db5579 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -424,6 +424,8 @@ Because comma is also used as option delimiter and needs to be escaped for value *Note: RAPL is currently used for Intel CPUs to show power draw with `cpu_power` which may be unreadable for non-root users due to [vulnerability](https://platypusattack.com/). The corresponding `energy_uj` file has to be readable by corresponding user, e.g. by running `chmod o+r /sys/class/powercap/intel-rapl\:0/energy_uj` as root, else the power shown will be **0 W**, though having the file readable may potentially be a security vulnerability persisting until system reboots.* +*Note: The [zenpower3](https://git.exozy.me/a/zenpower3) kernel driver must be installed to show the power draw of Ryzen CPUs.* + ## Vsync ### OpenGL Vsync