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diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt index 9b1851297d4e..ce73f3eb5ddb 100644 --- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt +++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt | |||
@@ -117,7 +117,19 @@ accessible parameters: | |||
117 | sampling_rate: measured in uS (10^-6 seconds), this is how often you | 117 | sampling_rate: measured in uS (10^-6 seconds), this is how often you |
118 | want the kernel to look at the CPU usage and to make decisions on | 118 | want the kernel to look at the CPU usage and to make decisions on |
119 | what to do about the frequency. Typically this is set to values of | 119 | what to do about the frequency. Typically this is set to values of |
120 | around '10000' or more. | 120 | around '10000' or more. It's default value is (cmp. with users-guide.txt): |
121 | transition_latency * 1000 | ||
122 | The lowest value you can set is: | ||
123 | transition_latency * 100 or it may get restricted to a value where it | ||
124 | makes not sense for the kernel anymore to poll that often which depends | ||
125 | on your HZ config variable (HZ=1000: max=20000us, HZ=250: max=5000). | ||
126 | Be aware that transition latency is in ns and sampling_rate is in us, so you | ||
127 | get the same sysfs value by default. | ||
128 | Sampling rate should always get adjusted considering the transition latency | ||
129 | To set the sampling rate 750 times as high as the transition latency | ||
130 | in the bash (as said, 1000 is default), do: | ||
131 | echo `$(($(cat cpuinfo_transition_latency) * 750 / 1000)) \ | ||
132 | >ondemand/sampling_rate | ||
121 | 133 | ||
122 | show_sampling_rate_(min|max): THIS INTERFACE IS DEPRECATED, DON'T USE IT. | 134 | show_sampling_rate_(min|max): THIS INTERFACE IS DEPRECATED, DON'T USE IT. |
123 | You can use wider ranges now and the general | 135 | You can use wider ranges now and the general |