linux-stable/Documentation/cpu-freq
Naga Chumbalkar 0f1d683fb3 [CPUFREQ] Processor Clocking Control interface driver
Processor Clocking Control (PCC) is an interface between the BIOS and OSPM.
Based on the server workload, OSPM can request what frequency it expects
from a logical CPU, and the BIOS will achieve that frequency transparently.

This patch introduces driver support for PCC. OSPM uses the PCC driver to
communicate with the BIOS via the PCC interface.

There is a Documentation file that provides a link to the PCC
Specification, and also provides a summary of the PCC interface.

Currently, certain HP ProLiant platforms implement the PCC interface. However,
any platform whose BIOS implements the PCC Specification, can utilize this
driver.

V2 --> V1 changes (based on Dominik's suggestions):
- Removed the dependency on CPU_FREQ_TABLE
- "cpufreq_stats" will no longer PANIC. Actually, it will not load anymore
because it is not applicable.
- Removed the sanity check for target frequency in the ->target routine.

NOTE: A patch to sanitize the target frequency requested by "ondemand" is
needed to ensure that the target freq < policy->min.

Can this driver be queued up for the 2.6.33 tree?

Signed-off-by: Naga Chumbalkar <nagananda.chumbalkar@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
2010-01-13 10:55:16 -05:00
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amd-powernow.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
core.txt [CPUFREQ] Documentation fix 2006-10-15 19:57:10 -04:00
cpu-drivers.txt [CPUFREQ] Document units for transition latency 2009-11-24 13:33:34 -05:00
cpufreq-nforce2.txt Fix typos in /Documentation : Misc 2006-11-30 05:21:10 +01:00
cpufreq-stats.txt misc doc and kconfig typos 2007-05-09 08:58:15 +02:00
governors.txt [CPUFREQ] fix default value for ondemand governor 2010-01-13 10:55:15 -05:00
index.txt [CPUFREQ] correct broken links and email addresses 2008-10-09 13:52:40 -04:00
pcc-cpufreq.txt [CPUFREQ] Processor Clocking Control interface driver 2010-01-13 10:55:16 -05:00
user-guide.txt [ACPI/CPUFREQ] Introduce bios_limit per cpu cpufreq sysfs interface 2009-11-24 13:33:34 -05:00