From da470db16c703d7f9617c366a36c6670f89a9830 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Naga Chumbalkar <nagananda.chumbalkar@hp.com> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:53:41 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] [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> --- Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) 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 work on some specific architectures or processors. -cpuinfo_cur_freq : Current speed of the CPU, in KHz. +cpuinfo_cur_freq : Current frequency of the CPU as obtained from + the hardware, in KHz. This is the frequency + the CPU actually runs at. scaling_available_frequencies : List of available frequencies, in KHz. @@ -196,7 +198,10 @@ related_cpus : List of CPUs that need some sort of frequency scaling_driver : Hardware driver for cpufreq. -scaling_cur_freq : Current frequency of the CPU, in KHz. +scaling_cur_freq : Current frequency of the CPU as determined by + the governor and cpufreq core, in KHz. This is + the frequency the kernel thinks the CPU runs + at. If you have selected the "userspace" governor which allows you to set the CPU operating frequency to a specific value, you can read out -- GitLab