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Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:06:49 -0800
From: venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, H Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>,
       Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>,
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       Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
Subject: [patch 0/2] Support for IA32_ENERGY_PERF_BIAS MSR
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There is a new hardware feature, which lets system software to set
Energy Performance Preference. This is a opaque knob in the form of
IA32_ENERGY_PERF_BIAS MSR, which has a 4 bit Energy Performance
Preference Hint.

The support for this feature is indicated by CPUID.06H.ECX.bit3. Refer to
Intel Architectures Software Developer's Manual for more info.

Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>

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