Messages in this thread | | | From | Blaisorblade <> | Subject | Re: [2.6.14] Cpufreq_ondemand sysfs names change | Date | Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:03:48 +0200 |
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On Thursday 29 September 2005 10:54, Stefan Seyfried wrote: > Blaisorblade wrote: > > *) to rename the flag to ignore_nice_load or ignore_nice_tasks, to avoid > > burning the user too much. Very few people use it now, but let's help > > them.
> I use it and i have even "fixed" my applications to use the "wrong" flag. Me too, but it's a trivial script in my case. > >> My thinking too, its a relatively new feature and when I have looked > >> around very few userland tools even tinker with ondemand so either we do > >> it now or not at all...or rather we do it later and listen to everyone > >> complain :)
> so the early birds are doomed? ;-) > I'll bite the bullet if this "flip the meaning" gets in, but i don't > like it. I'll have to check for the kernel version in my userspace code, > then which is generally a bad idea IMO.
That's why I proposed renaming the sysfs file, and then you can test with "test -f" (in bash). -- Inform me of my mistakes, so I can keep imitating Homer Simpson's "Doh!". Paolo Giarrusso, aka Blaisorblade (Skype ID "PaoloGiarrusso", ICQ 215621894) http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade
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