From 9411b4ef7fcb534fe1582fe02738254e398dd931 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Renninger Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 11:54:04 +0100 Subject: [CPUFREQ] ondemand/conservative: deprecate sampling_rate{min,max} The same info can be obtained via the transition_latency sysfs file Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger Signed-off-by: Dave Jones --- Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt index 5b0cfa67aff..9b1851297d4 100644 --- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt +++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt @@ -119,8 +119,14 @@ want the kernel to look at the CPU usage and to make decisions on what to do about the frequency. Typically this is set to values of around '10000' or more. -show_sampling_rate_(min|max): the minimum and maximum sampling rates -available that you may set 'sampling_rate' to. +show_sampling_rate_(min|max): THIS INTERFACE IS DEPRECATED, DON'T USE IT. +You can use wider ranges now and the general +cpuinfo_transition_latency variable (cmp. with user-guide.txt) can be +used to obtain exactly the same info: +show_sampling_rate_min = transtition_latency * 500 / 1000 +show_sampling_rate_max = transtition_latency * 500000 / 1000 +(divided by 1000 is to illustrate that sampling rate is in us and +transition latency is exported ns). up_threshold: defines what the average CPU usage between the samplings of 'sampling_rate' needs to be for the kernel to make a decision on -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2