Re: [PATCH][2.5.32] CPU frequency and voltage scaling (0/4)

Dominik Brodowski (devel@brodo.de)
Thu, 29 Aug 2002 09:07:01 +0200


On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 05:08:14PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> I don't know how many policies would be needed (too many just adds
> complexity for no gain), but I _suspect_ that something like a
<snip>
> (maybe the "policy" thing actually makes a difference even for the
> fixed-frequency case: it can give hints about whether to allow C1-C3
> states when idle etc).

OK, I see the problems you mention wrt current cpufreq. But let's keep the
next version simple: and whether to allow C1-C3 is really nothing cpufreq
should take care of, as this is pure ACPI policy.

Dominik
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