AMD PMF Testing Tool Slated For Linux 7.3

A new user-space testing tool called test_amd_pmf is queued for inclusion in the Linux 7.3 kernel source tree. Similar to Turbostat, it reads from /dev/amdpmf_interface and reports metrics related to AMD Platform Management Framework (PMF), including power source, skin temperature, battery state, laptop placement, lid state, user presence detection, performance slider position, ambient light, C0 residency, and socket power. It targets AMD Ryzen laptop users and developers who want to inspect or debug thermal and power management behavior on AMD hardware. The patch is already in the platform-drivers-x86.git for-next branch ahead of the Linux 7.3 merge window.

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