Re: [RFC PATCH] PM: Introduce generic DVFS framework with device-specific OPPs

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On Wednesday, April 27, 2011, MyungJoo Ham wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 5:54 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 10:45:18PM +0800, Jiejing.Zhang  wrote:
> >> Hi Greg,
> >>
> >> I think DVFS here means âDynamic voltage and frequency scalingâ,  refering the
> >> first google's result:
> >
> > Ok, if so, please spell it out.
> 
> Yes, will do so.
> 
> >
> > Also, don't use 'dvfs' as a prefix in the kernel, too many other people
> > will think it is a filesystem.  How about "dynvolt"?
> >
> > Or anything else, just no 'fs' in the name otherwise confusion will
> > reign.
> 
> Um... ok... I'll avoid using fs as postfix and think about the name again.
> "oppfreq", "devfreq", "dvfscale", "oppscale", "devscale", "ddp
> (dynamic device power)", or "dfvs" (switched frequency and voltage to
> avoid confusion with file systems).

I think devfreq is the best one of the above.  At least it will make everyone
think that the feature is analogous to cpufreq, which is correct.

Thanks,
Rafael
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