linux/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-devfreq
Rajagopal Venkat 7e6fdd4bad PM / devfreq: Core updates to support devices which can idle
Prepare devfreq core framework to support devices which
can idle. When device idleness is detected perhaps through
runtime-pm, need some mechanism to suspend devfreq load
monitoring and resume back when device is online. Present
code continues monitoring unless device is removed from
devfreq core.

This patch introduces following design changes,

 - use per device work instead of global work to monitor device
   load. This enables suspend/resume of device devfreq and
   reduces monitoring code complexity.
 - decouple delayed work based load monitoring logic from core
   by introducing helpers functions to be used by governors. This
   provides flexibility for governors either to use delayed work
   based monitoring functions or to implement their own mechanism.
 - devfreq core interacts with governors via events to perform
   specific actions. These events include start/stop devfreq.
   This sets ground for adding suspend/resume events.

The devfreq apis are not modified and are kept intact.

Signed-off-by: Rajagopal Venkat <rajagopal.venkat@linaro.org>
Acked-by: MyungJoo Ham <myungjoo.ham@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
2012-11-15 00:35:04 +01:00

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What: /sys/class/devfreq/.../
Date: September 2011
Contact: MyungJoo Ham <myungjoo.ham@samsung.com>
Description:
Provide a place in sysfs for the devfreq objects.
This allows accessing various devfreq specific variables.
The name of devfreq object denoted as ... is same as the
name of device using devfreq.
What: /sys/class/devfreq/.../governor
Date: September 2011
Contact: MyungJoo Ham <myungjoo.ham@samsung.com>
Description:
The /sys/class/devfreq/.../governor shows the name of the
governor used by the corresponding devfreq object.
What: /sys/class/devfreq/.../cur_freq
Date: September 2011
Contact: MyungJoo Ham <myungjoo.ham@samsung.com>
Description:
The /sys/class/devfreq/.../cur_freq shows the current
frequency of the corresponding devfreq object.
What: /sys/class/devfreq/.../polling_interval
Date: September 2011
Contact: MyungJoo Ham <myungjoo.ham@samsung.com>
Description:
The /sys/class/devfreq/.../polling_interval shows and sets
the requested polling interval of the corresponding devfreq
object. The values are represented in ms. If the value is
less than 1 jiffy, it is considered to be 0, which means
no polling. This value is meaningless if the governor is
not polling; thus. If the governor is not using
devfreq-provided central polling
(/sys/class/devfreq/.../central_polling is 0), this value
may be useless.
What: /sys/class/devfreq/.../userspace/set_freq
Date: September 2011
Contact: MyungJoo Ham <myungjoo.ham@samsung.com>
Description:
The /sys/class/devfreq/.../userspace/set_freq shows and
sets the requested frequency for the devfreq object if
userspace governor is in effect.