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authorNico Golde <nico@ngolde.de>2005-06-25 17:58:33 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org>2005-06-25 19:24:55 -0400
commit594dd2c98101a5dc279153ec806d554e6b8a1e35 (patch)
tree1ec3709029dc5aec4dde6760af553c4a40b31d7a
parent70c1a0a49b75854fbc78713bf753b5b4c6f0a421 (diff)
[PATCH] cpufreq: governors documentation fixes
I corrected a small error and enhanced the govenor.txt file with the ondemand daemon because the kernel configs link to the documentation but ondemand wasn't documentated. Feel free to include the patch in the attachment. Cc: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> Cc: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt14
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt
index b85481acd0ca..933fae74c337 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
9 9
10 10
11 Dominik Brodowski <linux@brodo.de> 11 Dominik Brodowski <linux@brodo.de>
12 some additions and corrections by Nico Golde <nico@ngolde.de>
12 13
13 14
14 15
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ Contents:
252.1 Performance 262.1 Performance
262.2 Powersave 272.2 Powersave
272.3 Userspace 282.3 Userspace
292.4 Ondemand
28 30
293. The Governor Interface in the CPUfreq Core 313. The Governor Interface in the CPUfreq Core
30 32
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ highest frequency within the borders of scaling_min_freq and
86scaling_max_freq. 88scaling_max_freq.
87 89
88 90
892.1 Powersave 912.2 Powersave
90------------- 92-------------
91 93
92The CPUfreq governor "powersave" sets the CPU statically to the 94The CPUfreq governor "powersave" sets the CPU statically to the
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ lowest frequency within the borders of scaling_min_freq and
94scaling_max_freq. 96scaling_max_freq.
95 97
96 98
972.2 Userspace 992.3 Userspace
98------------- 100-------------
99 101
100The CPUfreq governor "userspace" allows the user, or any userspace 102The CPUfreq governor "userspace" allows the user, or any userspace
@@ -103,6 +105,14 @@ by making a sysfs file "scaling_setspeed" available in the CPU-device
103directory. 105directory.
104 106
105 107
1082.4 Ondemand
109------------
110
111The CPUfreq govenor "ondemand" sets the CPU depending on the
112current usage. To do this the CPU must have the capability to
113switch the frequency very fast.
114
115
106 116
1073. The Governor Interface in the CPUfreq Core 1173. The Governor Interface in the CPUfreq Core
108============================================= 118=============================================