From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
lm-sensors <lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org>,
linux-acpi <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>,
Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] hwmon: Enhance the sysfs API for power meters.
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 20:09:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090807180906.GD1728@ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090725004328.20709.57712.stgit@elm3a70.beaverton.ibm.com>
> @@ -365,6 +373,16 @@ power[1-*]_average_lowest Historical average minimum power use
> Unit: microWatt
> RO
>
> +power[1-*]_average_max A notification is sent when power use
> + rises above this value.
> + Unit: microWatt
> + RW
> +
How is the notification sent?
> +power[1-*]_average_min A notification is sent when power use
> + sinks below this value.
> + Unit: microWatt
> + RW
And what is this good for? Will it wake from sleep? Will it wake from
C3?
...seems like good way to prevent deep sleep states.
> +power[1-*]_cap If power use rises above this limit, the
> + system should take action to reduce
> power use.
System as in 'hw'? Or who? And how?
Pavel
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-08-08 15:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-07-25 0:43 [PATCH 0/2] ACPI 4.0 power meter Darrick J. Wong
2009-07-25 0:43 ` [PATCH 1/2] hwmon: Enhance the sysfs API for power meters Darrick J. Wong
2009-08-07 18:09 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2009-08-08 17:40 ` Darrick J. Wong
2009-08-08 21:48 ` Pavel Machek
2009-08-10 21:12 ` Darrick J. Wong
2009-08-12 11:56 ` Pavel Machek
2009-08-18 23:32 ` Darrick J. Wong
2009-07-25 0:43 ` [PATCH 2/2] acpi_power_meter: hwmon driver for ACPI 4.0 " Darrick J. Wong
2009-07-27 1:44 ` ykzhao
2009-08-03 20:48 ` Darrick J. Wong
2009-07-27 6:45 ` Zhang Rui
2009-08-03 20:52 ` Darrick J. Wong
2009-07-28 1:25 ` Len Brown
2009-08-03 20:58 ` Darrick J. Wong
2009-08-06 20:42 ` [PATCH v2] " Darrick J. Wong
2009-08-17 22:05 ` Andrew Morton
2009-08-18 16:24 ` Darrick J. Wong
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-08-18 23:47 [PATCH 0/2] ACPI 4.0 power meter Darrick J. Wong
2009-08-18 23:48 ` [PATCH 1/2] hwmon: Enhance the sysfs API for power meters Darrick J. Wong
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