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From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Subject: Re: PowerOP summary
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 06:39:49 -0700
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On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 01:28:25AM -0700, Matthew Locke wrote:
> Summary
> PowerOP is an interface to create and select operating points.  =

> Operating points are a collection of platform specific system =

> parameters (ie not i/o devices) that affect power consumption.  These =

> parameters include cpu frequency, voltages, clock sources and dividers =

> and others.  PowerOP provides a platform independent interface to =

> control these platform specific parameters.   This interface is a basic =

> building block of a power management stack for advanced power =

> management on embedded mobile devices.

Will this also work properly for 2/4/8/16/512/1024 processor machines?
They also need this kind of capability, and can not be ignored.

thanks,

greg k-h