Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 6 Jun 2013 11:21:04 -0400 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 5/5] cpufreq:boost:Kconfig: Enable boost support at Kconfig |
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On Thu, Jun 06, 2013 at 05:14:31PM +0200, Lukasz Majewski wrote: > Hi Dave, > > > On Thu, Jun 06, 2013 at 09:07:52AM +0200, Lukasz Majewski wrote: > > > > > +config CPU_FREQ_BOOST > > > + bool "CPU frequency boost support" > > > + help > > > + Switch to enable support for frequency boost > > > + > > > + If in doubt, say N. > > > + > > > > This help text is devoid of any useful information. > > > > On what platforms ? What's the upside/downside ? Why is it an option ? > > I shall be more verbose here. > > The boost option is supposed to provide one solution to control > software based (like is is done with Samsung Exynos4 SoC) and hardware > based (like Intel's Turbo Boost feature) boost. > > Support for Intel's boost is already in mainline. Therefore I aimed to > extend cpufreq to also manage software based solutions (e.g. Exynos).
Given CPUFREQ is available on more platforms than X86/ARM, this option could also use a depends.
Dave
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