linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation/cpu-freq: add intel-pstate.txt

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Message-ID: <52C722A7.5070001@infradead.org>
Date:	Fri, 03 Jan 2014 12:50:47 -0800
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:	Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Dirk Brandewie <dirk.brandewie@...il.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation/cpu-freq: add intel-pstate.txt

On 01/03/14 11:23, Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
> 
>  Documentation/cpu-freq/intel-pstate.txt | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 40 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/cpu-freq/intel-pstate.txt
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/intel-pstate.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/intel-pstate.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..69bc26a
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/intel-pstate.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
> +Intel P-state driver
> +--------------------
> +
> +This driver implements a scaling driver with an internal governor for
> +Intel Core processors.  The driver follows the same model as the
> +Transmeta scaling driver (longrun.c) and implements the setpolicy()
> +instead of target().  Scaling drivers that implement setpolicy() are
> +assmumed to implement internal governors by the cpufreq core. All the

   assumed

Fix that and then you can add:
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>

Thanks.

> +logic for selecting the current P state is contained within the
> +driver; no external governor is used by the cpufreq core.
> +
> +Intel SandyBridge+ processors are supported.



-- 
~Randy
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