Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:03:57 -0700 | From | "Siddha, Suresh B" <> | Subject | Re: [patch] sched: group CPU power setup cleanup |
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On Tue, Aug 15, 2006 at 09:47:18PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > + * cpu_power indicates the computing power of each sched group. This is > > > + * used for distributing the load between different sched groups > > > + * in a sched domain. > > > > Thanks for explaining what cpu_power means. > > > > Hope not. To me, "computing power" means megaflops/sec, or Dhrystones > (don't ask) or whatever. If that's what "cpu_power" is referring to then > the name is hopelessly ambiguous with peak joules/sec and a big renaming is > due.
It refers to group's processing power. Perhaps "horsepower" is better term.
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