Messages in this thread | | | From | "Rafael J. Wysocki" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] cpufreq: allow powersave governor as the default without expert mode | Date | Sat, 08 Nov 2014 02:38:39 +0100 |
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On Thursday, October 30, 2014 11:15:09 PM Dirk Brandewie wrote: > On 10/30/2014 02:18 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > On Thursday, October 16, 2014 07:37:11 AM James Geboski wrote: > >> The intel_pstate driver only supports the performance and the powersave > >> governors. With the performance governor ensuring the highest possible > >> performance settings, userspace tools fail to make any lasting changes. > >> In order to allow userspace tools to make modifications to the settings, > >> the powersave governor must be in use. This makes having the powersave > >> governor as the default convenient for systems where the intel_pstate > >> driver is being employed. Having to enable expert mode in the kernel > >> configuration is just a headache for such a trivial task. > >> > >> This patch applies to all kernel versions 2.6.38 or greater after the > >> migration from CONFIG_EMBEDDED to CONFIG_EXPERT (6a108a14fa35). Most > >> importantly, this applies to kernel versions 3.9 or greater when the > >> intel_pstate driver was introduced. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: James Geboski <jgeboski@gmail.com> > >> Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> > > > > Dirk, any objections? > > No objection.
OK, patch queued up for 3.19-rc1, thanks!
-- I speak only for myself. Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.
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