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author | Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> | 2011-12-21 02:01:18 +0400 |
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committer | Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> | 2011-12-21 02:01:18 +0400 |
commit | cb85f123cd2393581bcffad335bfc6bcdd58569c (patch) | |
tree | 7b0de48b2a13ca96251c02245ab906f7efa3ac18 /drivers/devfreq/Kconfig | |
parent | b79d2ff98caee60c07a7598aba3b26acd1655a99 (diff) | |
parent | caca6a03d365883564885f2c1da3e88dcf65d139 (diff) | |
download | linux-cb85f123cd2393581bcffad335bfc6bcdd58569c.tar.xz |
Merge commit 'v3.2-rc3' into stable/for-linus-3.3
* commit 'v3.2-rc3': (412 commits)
Linux 3.2-rc3
virtio-pci: make reset operation safer
virtio-mmio: Correct the name of the guest features selector
virtio: add HAS_IOMEM dependency to MMIO platform bus driver
eCryptfs: Extend array bounds for all filename chars
eCryptfs: Flush file in vma close
eCryptfs: Prevent file create race condition
regulator: TPS65910: Fix VDD1/2 voltage selector count
i2c: Make i2cdev_notifier_call static
i2c: Delete ANY_I2C_BUS
i2c: Fix device name for 10-bit slave address
i2c-algo-bit: Generate correct i2c address sequence for 10-bit target
drm: integer overflow in drm_mode_dirtyfb_ioctl()
Revert "of/irq: of_irq_find_parent: check for parent equal to child"
drivers/gpu/vga/vgaarb.c: add missing kfree
drm/radeon/kms/atom: unify i2c gpio table handling
drm/radeon/kms: fix up gpio i2c mask bits for r4xx for real
ttm: Don't return the bo reserved on error path
mount_subtree() pointless use-after-free
iio: fix a leak due to improper use of anon_inode_getfd()
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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/devfreq/Kconfig')
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/devfreq/Kconfig | 41 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/Kconfig b/drivers/devfreq/Kconfig index 643b055ed3cd..8f0491037080 100644 --- a/drivers/devfreq/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/devfreq/Kconfig @@ -1,36 +1,29 @@ -config ARCH_HAS_DEVFREQ - bool - depends on ARCH_HAS_OPP - help - Denotes that the architecture supports DEVFREQ. If the architecture - supports multiple OPP entries per device and the frequency of the - devices with OPPs may be altered dynamically, the architecture - supports DEVFREQ. - menuconfig PM_DEVFREQ bool "Generic Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS) support" - depends on PM_OPP && ARCH_HAS_DEVFREQ help - With OPP support, a device may have a list of frequencies and - voltages available. DEVFREQ, a generic DVFS framework can be - registered for a device with OPP support in order to let the - governor provided to DEVFREQ choose an operating frequency - based on the OPP's list and the policy given with DEVFREQ. + A device may have a list of frequencies and voltages available. + devfreq, a generic DVFS framework can be registered for a device + in order to let the governor provided to devfreq choose an + operating frequency based on the device driver's policy. - Each device may have its own governor and policy. DEVFREQ can + Each device may have its own governor and policy. Devfreq can reevaluate the device state periodically and/or based on the - OPP list changes (each frequency/voltage pair in OPP may be - disabled or enabled). + notification to "nb", a notifier block, of devfreq. - Like some CPUs with CPUFREQ, a device may have multiple clocks. + Like some CPUs with CPUfreq, a device may have multiple clocks. However, because the clock frequencies of a single device are - determined by the single device's state, an instance of DEVFREQ + determined by the single device's state, an instance of devfreq is attached to a single device and returns a "representative" - clock frequency from the OPP of the device, which is also attached - to a device by 1-to-1. The device registering DEVFREQ takes the - responsiblity to "interpret" the frequency listed in OPP and + clock frequency of the device, which is also attached + to a device by 1-to-1. The device registering devfreq takes the + responsiblity to "interpret" the representative frequency and to set its every clock accordingly with the "target" callback - given to DEVFREQ. + given to devfreq. + + When OPP is used with the devfreq device, it is recommended to + register devfreq's nb to the OPP's notifier head. If OPP is + used with the devfreq device, you may use OPP helper + functions defined in devfreq.h. if PM_DEVFREQ |