[linux-pm] PowerPC cpufreq using ICTC

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On Tue, 27 Jun 2006, Matt Sealey wrote:

> I am investigating more generic power management (cpufreq) for PowerPC, both
> in terms of DFS and the G3 dual-PLL feature (which is already implemented in
> the PowerMac driver) and also using the G3/G4 "ICTC" register which stalls
> the instruction fetch for 1-255 clocks in order to allow the execution units to
> go into dynamic power management (when DPM is enabled). This should, by all
> documentation, reduce the power consumption of the CPU.

Hm, I thought about replying to this thread writing something like "I'd 
like to co-operate by implementing CPU_FREQ on G2 / MPC824x", but then, 
looking at datasheets, it looks like it doesn't support any frequency 
scaling:-( So, out of luck here... Or have I overseen anything?

Thanks
Guennadi
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Guennadi Liakhovetski


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