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[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>
hifive-unleashed-5.1
Nico Golde 2005-06-25 14:58:33 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 70c1a0a49b
commit 594dd2c981
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Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt
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@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
Dominik Brodowski <linux@brodo.de>
some additions and corrections by Nico Golde <nico@ngolde.de>
@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ Contents:
2.1 Performance
2.2 Powersave
2.3 Userspace
2.4 Ondemand
3. The Governor Interface in the CPUfreq Core
@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ highest frequency within the borders of scaling_min_freq and
scaling_max_freq.
2.1 Powersave
2.2 Powersave
-------------
The CPUfreq governor "powersave" sets the CPU statically to the
@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ lowest frequency within the borders of scaling_min_freq and
scaling_max_freq.
2.2 Userspace
2.3 Userspace
-------------
The 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
directory.
2.4 Ondemand
------------
The CPUfreq govenor "ondemand" sets the CPU depending on the
current usage. To do this the CPU must have the capability to
switch the frequency very fast.
3. The Governor Interface in the CPUfreq Core
=============================================