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| author | David Woodhouse <dwmw2@shinybook.infradead.org> | 2005-07-02 13:39:09 +0100 |
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| committer | David Woodhouse <dwmw2@shinybook.infradead.org> | 2005-07-02 13:39:09 +0100 |
| commit | d2f6409584e2c62ffad81690562330ff3bf4a458 (patch) | |
| tree | 3bdfb97d0b51be2f7f414f2107e97603c1206abb /Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt | |
| parent | e1b09eba2686eca94a3a188042b518df6044a3c1 (diff) | |
| parent | 4a89a04f1ee21a7c1f4413f1ad7dcfac50ff9b63 (diff) | |
Merge with master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt index b85481acd0c..933fae74c33 100644 --- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt +++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Dominik Brodowski <linux@brodo.de> + some additions and corrections by Nico Golde <nico@ngolde.de> @@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ Contents: 2.1 Performance 2.2 Powersave 2.3 Userspace +2.4 Ondemand 3. The Governor Interface in the CPUfreq Core @@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ highest frequency within the borders of scaling_min_freq and scaling_max_freq. -2.1 Powersave +2.2 Powersave ------------- The CPUfreq governor "powersave" sets the CPU statically to the @@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ lowest frequency within the borders of scaling_min_freq and scaling_max_freq. -2.2 Userspace +2.3 Userspace ------------- The CPUfreq governor "userspace" allows the user, or any userspace @@ -103,6 +105,14 @@ by making a sysfs file "scaling_setspeed" available in the CPU-device directory. +2.4 Ondemand +------------ + +The CPUfreq govenor "ondemand" sets the CPU depending on the +current usage. To do this the CPU must have the capability to +switch the frequency very fast. + + 3. The Governor Interface in the CPUfreq Core ============================================= |