Re: [PATCH] CPU frequency display in /proc/cpuinfo

[Dave Jones]

On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 02:02:24PM +0100, Erik Mouw wrote:
 > On Sun, Dec 04, 2005 at 08:16:11PM -0500, Dave Jones wrote:
 > > I can't think of a single valid reason why a program would want
 > > to know the MHz rating of a CPU. Given that it's a) approximate,
 > > b) subject to change due to power management, c) completely nonsensical
 > > across CPU vendors, and d) only one of many variables regarding CPU
 > > performance, any program that bases any decision on the values found
 > > by parsing that field of /proc/cpuinfo is utterly broken beyond belief.
 > 
 > If you want a userspace governor to change the CPU speed, you need to
 > export the value to userland. 

We have sysfs files for that.

		Dave

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