Re: [PATCH 0/2] additional sysfs entries for CPPC

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On 12/14/2016 06:06 PM, Prashanth Prakash wrote:
> This patch-set adds few additional sysfs entries to expose the
> performance capabilities of each CPU. The performance capabilities
> include highest perf, lowest perf, nominal perf and lowest 
> non-linear perf. See 8.4.7.1 for ACPI 6.1 spec for details on
> these capabilities.
> 
> cppc_cpufreq driver operates in KHz scale whereas the delivered
> performance computed in userspace will be in abstract CPPC scale, so
> exposing perf capabilities should allow userspace to figure out the
> conversion factor from CPPC scale to KHz.
> 
> Prashanth Prakash (2):
>   ACPI / CPPC: read all perf caps in a single cppc read command
>   ACPI / CPPC: add sysfs entries for CPPC perf capabilities
> 
>  drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c | 164 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
>  include/acpi/cppc_acpi.h |   3 +-
>  2 files changed, 107 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-)
> 

Nice addition, Prashanth.  I had thought about doing this, but got distracted.
Thanks for following through :).  I have not had a chance to test these yet, but
will do so as soon as I can; my initial review is pretty positive, though.

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ciao,
al
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Al Stone
Software Engineer
Red Hat, Inc.
ahs3@xxxxxxxxxx
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