https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55411 --- Comment #7 from Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx> 2013-03-18 12:14:49 --- (In reply to comment #5) > (Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt says cpuinfo_cur_freq is what the > hardware reports, scaling_cur_freq is what the kernel thinks it should be, but > that doesn't explain the conditions under which they might differ, or why If cpu frequency changes without kernel getting to know about it. > cpuinfo_cur_freq is readable only by root, while scaling_cur_freq and all the > other cpufreq/* files are readable by world.) Because it is accessing the h/w directly and they don't want anybody else to do this. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe cpufreq" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
