Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 28 Aug 2002 14:08:43 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH][2.5.32] CPU frequency and voltage scaling (0/4) |
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On Wed, 28 Aug 2002, Dominik Brodowski wrote: > > "policy input" --> "frequency input" --> cpufreq core --> cpufreq driver > user-space | k e r n e l - s p a c e
No.
The "policy input" has to filter down ALL THE WAY. If you turn it into a frequency-only input at _any_ time, you've lost information that the lowest levels need.
THAT is the problem with the current #3 - it _assumes_ that the policy input has already been converted to frequency, and since it assumes that, it cannot handle the case where the hardware itself wants to know what the policy was.
Linus
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