Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 26 Aug 2013 11:05:13 +0530 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v7 4/7] cpufreq:boost:Kconfig: Provide support for software managed BOOST | From | Viresh Kumar <> |
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On 13 August 2013 15:38, Lukasz Majewski <l.majewski@samsung.com> wrote: > For safety reasons new flag - CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_BOOST_SW has been added. > Only after selecting "EXYNOS Frequency Overclocking - Software" Kconfig > option the software managed boost is enabled. It also selects thermal > subsystem to be compiled in. Thermal is necessary for disabling boost > and cooling down the device when overheating detected. > > Boost _MUST_NOT_ work without thermal subsystem with properly defined > overheating temperatures. > > This option doesn't affect x86's ACPI hardware managed boost support > (i.e. Intel, AMD). In this situation boost management is embedded at > hardware. > > Signed-off-by: Lukasz Majewski <l.majewski@samsung.com> > Signed-off-by: Myungjoo Ham <myungjoo.ham@samsung.com> > > --- > Changes for v7: > - Remove superfluous "default n" definition > - Generic CPU_FREQ_BOOST_SW depends on THERMAL
Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
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