Re: PowerOP summary

From: Greg KH
Date: Mon Sep 18 2006 - 09:50:33 EST


On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 01:28:25AM -0700, Matthew Locke wrote:
> Summary
> PowerOP is an interface to create and select operating points.
> Operating points are a collection of platform specific system
> parameters (ie not i/o devices) that affect power consumption. These
> parameters include cpu frequency, voltages, clock sources and dividers
> and others. PowerOP provides a platform independent interface to
> control these platform specific parameters. This interface is a basic
> building block of a power management stack for advanced power
> management on embedded mobile devices.

Will this also work properly for 2/4/8/16/512/1024 processor machines?
They also need this kind of capability, and can not be ignored.

thanks,

greg k-h
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