Hey,
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 03:23:49PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > scaling_cur freq should show the frequency the kernel/cpufreq
> > subsystem thinks it's in.
>
> Well, we have also
> /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu<NUM>/cpufreq/cpuinfo_cur_freq and it reads
> also policy->cur.
No. cpuinfo_cur_freq calls __cpufreq_get() which itself calls the driver's
->get() callback, which is exactly for determining the current frequency. I
assume CPUFREQ_CONST_LOOP is set, else we'd get into trouble; but as long as
that's the case I see no problem in using ->get() / cpuinfo_cur_freq to read
out the current actual frequency.
> Why not show the actual frequency in scaling_cur_freq then?
Quoting Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt :
cpuinfo_cur_freq : Current frequency of the CPU as obtained from
the hardware, in KHz. This is the frequency
the CPU actually runs at.
scaling_cur_freq : Current frequency of the CPU as determined by
the governor and cpufreq core, in KHz. This is
the frequency the kernel thinks the CPU runs
at.
So scaling_cur_freq may not be mis-used for this; cpuinfo_cur_freq may be
used for it, though. IMVHO.
Best,
Dominik
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