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| author | Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> | 2009-11-26 14:27:06 +1100 |
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| committer | Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> | 2009-11-26 14:27:06 +1100 |
| commit | 8b1cb56e5b44609c8605949269c1faabe2983777 (patch) | |
| tree | b0449231906fcc32be22f5adcfb3ce1eec8ae09f /Documentation | |
| parent | ff7a3509f7956a8d0ae6edd1785e58923ec7ed3b (diff) | |
| parent | e2f74f355e9e2914483db10c05d70e69e0b7ae04 (diff) | |
Merge remote branch 'cpufreq/next'
Conflicts:
include/acpi/processor.h
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt | 11 |
3 files changed, 32 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu index a703b9e9aeb9..974e29f5da86 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu @@ -136,6 +136,24 @@ Description: Discover cpuidle policy and mechanism See files in Documentation/cpuidle/ for more information. +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/cpufreq/* +Date: pre-git history +Contact: cpufreq@vger.kernel.org +Description: Discover and change clock speed of CPUs + + Clock scaling allows you to change the clock speed of the + CPUs on the fly. This is a nice method to save battery + power, because the lower the clock speed, the less power + the CPU consumes. + + There are many knobs to tweak in this directory. + + See files in Documentation/cpu-freq/ for more information. + + In particular, read Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt + to learn how to control the knobs. + + What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cache/index*/cache_disable_X Date: August 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.27 diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.txt index 75a58d14d3cf..6c30e930c122 100644 --- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.txt +++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.txt @@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ policy->cpuinfo.max_freq - the minimum and maximum frequency (in kHz) which is supported by this CPU policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency the time it takes on this CPU to - switch between two frequencies (if - appropriate, else specify - CPUFREQ_ETERNAL) + switch between two frequencies in + nanoseconds (if appropriate, else + specify CPUFREQ_ETERNAL) policy->cur The current operating frequency of this CPU (if appropriate) diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt index 2a5b850847c0..04f6b32993e6 100644 --- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt +++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt @@ -203,6 +203,17 @@ scaling_cur_freq : Current frequency of the CPU as determined by the frequency the kernel thinks the CPU runs at. +bios_limit : If the BIOS tells the OS to limit a CPU to + lower frequencies, the user can read out the + maximum available frequency from this file. + This typically can happen through (often not + intended) BIOS settings, restrictions + triggered through a service processor or other + BIOS/HW based implementations. + This does not cover thermal ACPI limitations + which can be detected through the generic + thermal driver. + If you have selected the "userspace" governor which allows you to set the CPU operating frequency to a specific value, you can read out the current frequency in |