On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 07:48:01PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > > This adds a whole bunch of new code, and doesn't seem to make any > existing code any simpler (to me at least). From a cpufreq point of view, > what does adding this buy us? What problem do we have today that is > being solved by all this? > > Every explanation of powerop I've seen so far dives into microdetails, > whilst the 10,000ft view has always passed me by other than "this is > what we've had in the embedded world". > > The diagram at http://lists.osdl.org/pipermail/linux-pm/2006-August/003196.html > also confuses me. I was under the impression that powerop was adding additional > userspace interfaces. If we're not changing how things from a userspace > point of view, we're churning a lot of kernel code,.. why? > > Clue me in here, I'm feeling thick. You're not alone, I really don't get it either. But I guess we'll just wait for the next round of unified patches and then go from there. thanks, greg k-h
