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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Subject: Re: PowerOP, Intro 0/3
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 20:38:42 +0000
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Hi!

> >>PowerOP Core upper layer interface provides the =

> >>following capabilities:
> >>- to register an operating point by passing an =

> >>idenificator of the point
> >>represened by a string and arbitrary substet of power =

> >>paremeters available on a
> >>certain platform by a string (parameter name) and =

> >>value pairs.
> >>- to unregister operating point by name
> >>- to set operating point by name
> >>- to get values of arbitrary subset of platform power =

> >>parameters associated
> >>this  a point (point is passed by name or NULL to get =

> >>current parameter values
> >>from hw)
> >
> >I do not think this can work in notebook world, sorry. =

> >You'll just get
> >way too many operating points.
> The only feature for notebook world currently presented =

> in the kernel is CPUFreq. CPUFreq PowerOP integration =


Actually no. In the notebook world, we do cpufreq, selective powerdown
of devices (/sys/**/power/state), and suspend-to-ram/disk (not sure if
it applies to you, but at least some powerop versions wanted to
replace that).

> series I sent out for discussion is intended to at least =

> provide the same functionality for notebook world as =

> current functionality is. Did you glance at this series?

Yes.

> </personal> Pavel,
> please stop removing original recipients from either TO: =

> or CC: lists!
> please, when you snip original message _do_not_ snip =

> names of replied persons!
> </end>

Do you have example where I did that?
							Pavel

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