pm:cpupower: Add SWIG bindings files for libcpupower

SWIG is a tool packaged in Fedora and other distros that can generate
bindings from C and C++ code for several languages including Python,
Perl, and Go.

These bindings allows users to easily write scripts that use and extend
libcpupower's functionality. Currently, only Python is provided in the
makefile, but additional languages may be added if there is demand.

Added suggestions from Shuah Khan for the README and license discussion.

Note that while SWIG itself is GPL v3+ licensed; the resulting output,
the bindings code, is permissively licensed + the license of the .o
files. Please see
https://swig.org/legal.html and [1] for more details.

[1]
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pm/Zqv9BOjxLAgyNP5B@hatbackup/

Suggested-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: John B. Wyatt IV <jwyatt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: John B. Wyatt IV <sageofredondo@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>

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+This folder contains the necessary files to build the Python bindings for
+libcpupower (aside from the libcpupower object files).
+
+
+requirements
+------------
+
+* You need the object files in the libcpupower directory compiled by
+cpupower's makefile.
+* The SWIG program must be installed.
+* The Python's development libraries installed.
+
+Please check that your version of SWIG is compatible with the version of Python
+installed on your machine by checking the SWIG changelog on their website.
+https://swig.org/
+
+Note that while SWIG itself is GPL v3+ licensed; the resulting output,
+the bindings code: is permissively licensed + the license of libcpupower's .o
+files. For these bindings that means GPL v2.
+
+Please see https://swig.org/legal.html and the discussion [1] for more details.
+
+[1]
+https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pm/Zqv9BOjxLAgyNP5B@hatbackup/
+
+
+build
+-----
+
+Install SWIG and the Python development files provided by your distribution.
+
+Build the object files for libcpupower by running make in the cpupower
+directory.
+
+Return to the directory this README is in to run:
+
+$ make
+
+
+testing
+-------
+
+Please verify the _raw_pylibcpupower.so and raw_pylibcpupower.py files have
+been created.
+
+To run the test script:
+
+$ python test_raw_pylibcpupower.py
+
+
+credits
+-------
+
+Original Bindings Author:
+John B. Wyatt IV
+jwyatt@redhat.com
+sageofredondo@gmail.com
+
+Copyright (C) 2024 Red Hat