Why do I have a /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle under kernel 2.6.24 with a Pentium M processor ?

[Toralf Förster]

I'm asking b/c this confuses the current sysstat up to version 8.0.4. An

$ ls -lR /sys/devices/system/cpu/

gives :

/sys/devices/system/cpu/:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 0 Jan 30 09:36 cpu0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Jan 30 09:36 cpuidle

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Jan 30 09:36 cpufreq
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 0 Jan 30 09:36 cpuidle

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq:
total 0
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 30 09:36 affected_cpus
-r-------- 1 root root 4096 Jan 30 09:36 cpuinfo_cur_freq
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 30 09:36 cpuinfo_max_freq
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 30 09:36 cpuinfo_min_freq
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Jan 30 09:36 ondemand
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 30 09:36 scaling_available_frequencies
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 30 09:36 scaling_available_governors
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 30 09:36 scaling_cur_freq
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 30 09:36 scaling_driver
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 30 09:36 scaling_governor
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 30 09:36 scaling_max_freq
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 30 09:36 scaling_min_freq

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/ondemand:
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    0 Jan 30 09:36 ignore_nice_load
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 30 09:36 powersave_bias
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 30 09:36 sampling_rate
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 30 09:36 sampling_rate_max
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 30 09:36 sampling_rate_min
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 30 09:36 up_threshold

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Jan 30 09:36 state0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Jan 30 09:36 state1
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Jan 30 09:36 state2

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state0:
total 0
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 30 09:36 latency
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 30 09:36 name
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 30 09:36 power
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 30 09:36 time
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 30 09:36 usage

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state1:
total 0
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 30 09:36 latency
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 30 09:36 name
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 30 09:36 power
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 30 09:36 time
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 30 09:36 usage

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state2:
total 0
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 30 09:36 latency
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 30 09:36 name
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 30 09:36 power
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 30 09:36 time
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 30 09:36 usage

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle:
total 0
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 30 09:36 current_driver
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 30 09:36 current_governor_ro

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MfG/Sincerely

Toralf Förster
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