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SubjectRe: [PATCH][2.5.32] CPU frequency and voltage scaling (0/4)
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On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 21:29, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> It's ok to tell the kernel these "long-term" policies. But it has to be
> told as a POLICY, not as a random number. Because I can show you a hundred
> other cases where the user mode code does _not_have_a_clue_.

Right and for the one in one hundred that is does I need a policy that
suits it

> That's my argument. The kernel should be given a _policy_, not a "this
> frequency". Because a frequency is provably not enough, and can be quite
> hurtful.

One of the policies I need from the kernel is "run at the frequency I
told you to run". Its a policy, its not the general case policy. The
/proc file is that policy.

> And I do not want to get people used to passing in frequencies, when I can
> absolutely _prove_ that it's the wrong thing for 99% of all uses.

99% of people should be using something like ACPI.

cpufreq is cpu speed control not power management policy. I agree
entirely that most people should not be using echo "500" >/proc/... as a
power management policy.

Likewise /dev/hda is not a file system and peopel should not be using dd
to store there files.

In both cases the ability to do so is sometimes useful and shouldnt be
excluded.




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