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Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86,sched: Fix sched_smt_power_savings totally broken
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On Mon, 2012-01-09 at 16:30 +0530, Vaidyanathan Srinivasan wrote:
> Lets combine the MC/SMT options and create sched_powersavings={0,1,2}
> That will make it only one sysfs knob without any dependencies.
> 
Is there really any sane rationale to keep the 1/2 thing? Why not have a
single boolean knob that says performance/power?