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From: "Doug Smythies" <dsmythies@telus.net>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 01/12] tools/power turbostat: simplify default output
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2015 07:26:24 -0700
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On 2015.04.18 17:40 Len Brown wrote:

> Casual turbostat users generally just want to know MHz.
> So by default, just print enough information to make sense of MHz.
> 
> All the other configuration data and columns for C-states and temperature etc,
> are printed with the --debug option.

I almost never use turbostat to obtain MHz.
I only use turbostat to observe Energy or Power, and C-states.

I am not in favor of this change.

I do not want the extra clutter that comes with the --debug option
(although I do use it sometimes).
When doing experiments manually, without a script, it is convenient
to have many energy or power samples visible on the screen all at once.

Note: If I am using the acpi cpufreq driver (i.e. rarely), then yes
I use turbostat to obtain actual CPU frequencies, as I know of no
other way.

I reviewed some help type forums, and yes while many postings involving
turbostat are about CPU frequency, there are also some about power.