Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH][2.5.32] CPU frequency and voltage scaling (0/4) | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 29 Aug 2002 00:30:06 +0100 |
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On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 22:08, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Wed, 28 Aug 2002, Dominik Brodowski wrote: > > > > "policy input" --> "frequency input" --> cpufreq core --> cpufreq driver > > user-space | k e r n e l - s p a c e > > No. > > The "policy input" has to filter down ALL THE WAY. If you turn it into a > frequency-only input at _any_ time, you've lost information that the > lowest levels need.
So what you are saying is that you want to be sure that something like "please run at a low speed to save battery" is translated by smarter cpus into "please save battery" and on spudstop the CPU would go "umm duh ok 300MHz"
Ok now I think I understand your gripe.
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