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From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
To: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [RFC v01 1/3] PowerCap: Documentation
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 17:10:44 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1375488644.2034.150.camel@joe-AO722> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1375466932-11842-2-git-send-email-srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com>

On Fri, 2013-08-02 at 11:08 -0700, Srinivas Pandruvada wrote:
> Added power cap framework documentation. This explains the use of power capping framework,
> sys-fs and programming interface.

[]

> +Power Zone Attributes
> +=================================
> +Monitoring attributes
> +----------------------
> +	
> +energy_uj (rw): Current energy counter in micro-joules. Write to energy counter
> +resets the counter to zero. If the counter can not be reset, then this attribute
> +is read-only.
> +
> +max_energy_range_uj (ro): Range of the above energy counter in micro-joules.
> +
> +power_uw (rw): Current power counter in micro-watts. Write to this counter
> +resets the counter to zero. If the counter can not be reset, then this attribute
> +is read-only.
> +max_power_range_uw (ro): Range of the above energy counter in micro-watts.
> +
> +It is possible that some domains can have both power and energy counters and
> +ranges, but at least one is mandatory.

Given that the ranges seem to be u64s, perhaps the
lower bounds are too high.  Why not nano/pico/fempto
watts/joules/seconds?



  reply	other threads:[~2013-08-03  0:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-08-02 18:08 [RFC v01 0/3] Power Capping Framework Srinivas Pandruvada
2013-08-02 18:08 ` [RFC v01 1/3] PowerCap: Documentation Srinivas Pandruvada
2013-08-03  0:10   ` Joe Perches [this message]
2013-08-03  0:23     ` Srinivas Pandruvada
2013-08-03  0:25       ` Joe Perches
2013-08-05 19:09   ` Jonathan Corbet
2013-08-05 19:52     ` Srinivas Pandruvada
2013-08-02 18:08 ` [RFC v01 2/3] PowerCap: Add class driver Srinivas Pandruvada
2013-08-02 22:43   ` Joe Perches
2013-08-03  0:06     ` Srinivas Pandruvada
2013-08-02 18:08 ` [RFC v01 3/3] PowerCap: Added to drivers build Srinivas Pandruvada
2013-08-02 22:29 ` [RFC v01 0/3] Power Capping Framework Greg KH
2013-08-02 23:52   ` Srinivas Pandruvada
2013-08-03  0:53     ` Greg KH
2013-08-04 19:36       ` Arjan van de Ven
2013-08-02 22:30 ` Greg KH
2013-08-02 22:33   ` Joe Perches
2013-08-02 22:50     ` Greg KH
2013-08-03  0:03   ` Srinivas Pandruvada
2013-08-03  0:54     ` Greg KH

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