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authorNaga Chumbalkar <nagananda.chumbalkar@hp.com>2009-06-29 15:53:41 -0400
committerDave Jones <davej@redhat.com>2009-09-01 12:45:09 -0400
commitda470db16c703d7f9617c366a36c6670f89a9830 (patch)
treed8829490c58c149573085c00d9ccff98bac998a8 /Documentation/cpu-freq
parentce6c3997c2fce74d12e6d8887a1d8cdf024fa850 (diff)
[CPUFREQ] update Doc for cpuinfo_cur_freq and scaling_cur_freq
I think the way "cpuinfo_cur_info" and "scaling_cur_info" are defined under ./Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt can be enhanced. Currently, they are both defined the same way: "Current speed/frequency" of the CPU, in KHz". Below is a patch that distinguishes one from the other. Regards, - naga - ----------------------------------------- Update description for "cpuinfo_cur_freq" and "scaling_cur_freq". Some of the wording is drawn from comments found in ./drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c: cpufreq_out_of_sync(): * @old_freq: CPU frequency the kernel thinks the CPU runs at * @new_freq: CPU frequency the CPU actually runs at Signed-off-by: Naga Chumbalkar <nagananda.chumbalkar@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt
index 5d5f5fadd1c2..2a5b850847c0 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt
@@ -176,7 +176,9 @@ scaling_governor, and by "echoing" the name of another
176 work on some specific architectures or 176 work on some specific architectures or
177 processors. 177 processors.
178 178
179cpuinfo_cur_freq : Current speed of the CPU, in KHz. 179cpuinfo_cur_freq : Current frequency of the CPU as obtained from
180 the hardware, in KHz. This is the frequency
181 the CPU actually runs at.
180 182
181scaling_available_frequencies : List of available frequencies, in KHz. 183scaling_available_frequencies : List of available frequencies, in KHz.
182 184
@@ -196,7 +198,10 @@ related_cpus : List of CPUs that need some sort of frequency
196 198
197scaling_driver : Hardware driver for cpufreq. 199scaling_driver : Hardware driver for cpufreq.
198 200
199scaling_cur_freq : Current frequency of the CPU, in KHz. 201scaling_cur_freq : Current frequency of the CPU as determined by
202 the governor and cpufreq core, in KHz. This is
203 the frequency the kernel thinks the CPU runs
204 at.
200 205
201If you have selected the "userspace" governor which allows you to 206If you have selected the "userspace" governor which allows you to
202set the CPU operating frequency to a specific value, you can read out 207set the CPU operating frequency to a specific value, you can read out