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diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpufreq-stats.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpufreq-stats.txt index 3c355f6ad834..2bbe207354ed 100644 --- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpufreq-stats.txt +++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpufreq-stats.txt @@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ cpufreq stats provides following statistics (explained in detail below). - total_trans - trans_table -All the statistics will be from the time the stats driver has been inserted -to the time when a read of a particular statistic is done. Obviously, stats -driver will not have any information about the frequency transitions before -the stats driver insertion. +All the statistics will be from the time the stats driver has been inserted +(or the time the stats were reset) to the time when a read of a particular +statistic is done. Obviously, stats driver will not have any information +about the frequency transitions before the stats driver insertion. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <mysystem>:/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/stats # ls -l @@ -110,25 +110,13 @@ Config Main Menu CPU Frequency scaling ---> [*] CPU Frequency scaling [*] CPU frequency translation statistics - [*] CPU frequency translation statistics details "CPU Frequency scaling" (CONFIG_CPU_FREQ) should be enabled to configure cpufreq-stats. "CPU frequency translation statistics" (CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_STAT) provides the -basic statistics which includes time_in_state and total_trans. +statistics which includes time_in_state, total_trans and trans_table. -"CPU frequency translation statistics details" (CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_STAT_DETAILS) -provides fine grained cpufreq stats by trans_table. The reason for having a -separate config option for trans_table is: -- trans_table goes against the traditional /sysfs rule of one value per - interface. It provides a whole bunch of value in a 2 dimensional matrix - form. - -Once these two options are enabled and your CPU supports cpufrequency, you +Once this option is enabled and your CPU supports cpufrequency, you will be able to see the CPU frequency statistics in /sysfs. - - - - |