Power consumption aware big.LITTLE scheduler for Linux operating system

Abstract

The energy consumption of computer systems is generally an important design aspect. There are several well-known solutions for reducing the power consumption of processors, among others ARM big.LITTLE architecture. In Linux systems, CPUFreq and CPUIdle governors are traditionally responsible for managing CPU consumption and performance. Our primary goal has been to develop a user-mode CPUFreq governor alternative that provides a suitable framework for the development of governors utilizing the features of big.LITTLE architectures.