From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261760AbTJWUJn (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Oct 2003 16:09:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261780AbTJWUIa (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Oct 2003 16:08:30 -0400 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.31.123]:11975 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261782AbTJWUIO (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Oct 2003 16:08:14 -0400 Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 16:32:43 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Dominik Brodowski Cc: danielk@mrl.nyu.edu, Mattia Dongili , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, cpufreq@www.linux.org.uk Subject: Re: [PATCH] 3/3 Dynamic cpufreq governor and updates to ACPI P-state driver Message-ID: <20031023143242.GH643@openzaurus.ucw.cz> References: <88056F38E9E48644A0F562A38C64FB60077914@scsmsx403.sc.intel.com> <1066725533.5237.3.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> <20031021095925.GB893@inferi.kami.home> <20031021101737.GA31352@wiggy.net> <20031021105234.GF893@inferi.kami.home> <20031021203215.GE26971@brodo.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031021203215.GE26971@brodo.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > Yes indeed. She wants to set a cpufreq policy which suits of her needs: > it consists of a > - minimum frequency => not too low [she's plugged in] I just hope minimum frequency is not going to be honoured in case of overheat. Issue is what happens if user specifies range containing no valid frequency. Kernel currently uses next _higher_ frequency, but going for next lower one seems to be important (burning cpus, exploding batteries, ...) -- Pavel Written on sharp zaurus, because my Velo1 broke. If you have Velo you don't need...