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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCHC 3/3] sched/fair: use the idle state info to choose
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On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 03:53:32PM +0200, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> Concerning the policy, I would suggest to create an entry in
> /proc/sys/kernel/sched_power, where a couple of values could be performance
> - power saving (0 / 1).

Ingo wanted a sched_balance_policy file with 3 values:
  "performance, power, auto"

Where the auto thing switches between them, initially based off of
having AC or not.