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From: Stratos Karafotis <stratosk@semaphore.gr>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] cpufreq: intel_pstate: Change the calculation of
 next pstate
Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 06:59:42 +0300
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Hi,

On 12/05/2014 10:34 =CE=BC=CE=BC, Yuyang Du wrote:
> On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 11:30:03PM +0300, Stratos Karafotis wrote:
>> On 09/05/2014 05:56 =CE=BC=CE=BC, Stratos Karafotis wrote:
>>
>> Next performance state =3D min_perf + (max_perf - min_perf) * load /=
 100
>>
> Hi,
>=20
> This formula is fundamentally broken. You need to associate the load =
with its
> frequency.

Could you please explain why is it broken? I think the load should be
independent from the current frequency.

Thanks,
Stratos