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11 Dominik Brodowski <linux@brodo.de> 11 Dominik Brodowski <linux@brodo.de>
12 some additions and corrections by Nico Golde <nico@ngolde.de>
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252.1 Performance 262.1 Performance
262.2 Powersave 272.2 Powersave
272.3 Userspace 282.3 Userspace
292.4 Ondemand
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293. The Governor Interface in the CPUfreq Core 313. The Governor Interface in the CPUfreq Core
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@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ highest frequency within the borders of scaling_min_freq and
86scaling_max_freq. 88scaling_max_freq.
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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.
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972.2 Userspace 992.3 Userspace
98------------- 100-------------
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100The CPUfreq governor "userspace" allows the user, or any userspace 102The CPUfreq governor "userspace" allows the user, or any userspace
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103directory. 105directory.
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1082.4 Ondemand
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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.
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1073. The Governor Interface in the CPUfreq Core 1173. The Governor Interface in the CPUfreq Core
108============================================= 118=============================================