Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Aug 2006 00:29:12 +0100 | From | Ian Stirling <> | Subject | Re: [patch] sched: group CPU power setup cleanup |
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Paul Jackson wrote: > Suresh wrote: >> Let me resist the temptation and not go into the definition of horsepower >> here. You can refer any dictionary. > > Good point <grin>. > > Horsepower is a measure of power, of energy over time, such as the > rate of providing or using electrical or mechanical energy. > > So, with your suggestion of 'horsepower', are you saying that cpu_power > is a metric of such electrical or mechanical energy -- the peak or > average watts of the electricity consumed by the CPUs in a group?
And is white_power, the energy output of a redneck on a step machine?
Power has assorted meanings over and above the J/s one.
I'd suggest 'computing_power' might be less ambiguous. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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