linux-kernel - Re: Subject: [PATCH 1/2] linux-acpi: sos documentation

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Message-ID: <20081017101844.GB10850@ucw.cz>
Date:	Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:18:44 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
To:	raz ben yehuda <razb@...band.com>
Cc:	lenb@...nel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Subject: [PATCH 1/2] linux-acpi: sos documentation

On Tue 2008-10-14 01:38:13, raz ben yehuda wrote:
> From: Raz Ben Yehuda <razb@...band.com>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Raz Ben Yehuda <razb@...band.com>
> ---

No changelog, useful...

> diff -urpN linux-2.6.27/Documentation/SOS.txt linux-2.6.27-dbg/Documentation/SOS.txt
> --- linux-2.6.27/Documentation/SOS.txt	1970-01-01 02:00:00.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6.27-dbg/Documentation/SOS.txt	2008-10-14 00:29:32.000000000 +0200
> @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
> +				SOS
> +
> +SOS is a service oriented scheduler. SOS is a method of relating one or more
> +distinct services to a processor.In other words, a core(s) is assigned to
> +a chore, not a chore to a core.
> +Technically speaking, by virtually removing a processor from the operating
> +system, using Linux ACPI facility one can bind processors to services.
> +SOS management and control is done by sosctl.
> +To fully understand what is SOS, when should it be used it and for which
> +puprose,please refer to http://sos-linux.cvs.sourceforge.net/sos-linux/sos/Documentation/.
> +

I don't think this should be acpi specific... and you should provide
real doc, not pointer to web page.

Plus select some better acronym.
									Pavel

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