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+.TH CPUPOWER "1" "07/03/2011" "" "cpupower Manual"
+.SH NAME
+cpupower \- Shows and sets processor power related values
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.ft B
+.B cpupower [ \-c cpulist ] subcommand [ARGS]
+
+.B cpupower \-v|\-\-version
+
+.B cpupower \-h|\-\-help
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+\fBcpupower \fP is a collection of tools to examine and tune power saving
+related features of your processor.
+
+The manpages of the subcommands (cpupower\-<subcommand>(1)) provide detailed
+descriptions of supported features. Run \fBcpupower help\fP to get an overview
+of supported subcommands.
+
+.SH Options
+.PP
+\-\-help, \-h
+.RS 4
+Shows supported subcommands and general usage.
+.RE
+.PP
+\-\-cpu cpulist,  \-c cpulist
+.RS 4
+Only show or set values for specific cores.
+This option is not supported by all subcommands, details can be found in the
+manpages of the subcommands.
+
+Some subcommands access all cores (typically the *\-set commands), some only
+the first core (typically the *\-info commands) by default.
+
+The syntax for <cpulist> is based on how the kernel exports CPU bitmasks via
+sysfs files. Some examples:
+.RS 4
+.TP 16
+Input
+Equivalent to
+.TP
+all
+all cores
+.TP
+0\-3
+0,1,2,3
+.TP
+0\-7:2
+0,2,4,6
+.TP
+1,3,5-7
+1,3,5,6,7
+.TP
+0\-3:2,8\-15:4
+0,2,8,12	
+.RE
+.RE
+.PP
+\-\-version,  \-v
+.RS 4
+Print the package name and version number.
+
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+cpupower-set(1), cpupower-info(1), cpupower-idle(1),
+cpupower-frequency-set(1), cpupower-frequency-info(1), cpupower-monitor(1),
+powertop(1)
+.PP
+.SH AUTHORS
+.nf
+\-\-perf\-bias parts written by Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
+Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de>