Re: cpufreq policy

2014-05-25 Thread Viresh Kumar
On 26 May 2014 10:53, Ryan wrote: > Thanks for your help. Your welcome.. > I was trying to print the policy pointer of each cpu - and it points > to the same address for all cpus. Good, so all CPUs are sharing the same clock line in your case. You are probably using an ARM board :) > But could

Re: cpufreq policy

2014-05-25 Thread Ryan
n 26 May 2014 00:27, Ryan wrote: >> What is the difference between cpufreq policy and governors? > > Probably you can go through Documentation/cpu-freq/* for this information. > Governor decides which frequency you will switch to and when. Policy decides > which frequencies you *can*

Re: cpufreq policy

2014-05-25 Thread Viresh Kumar
On 26 May 2014 00:27, Ryan wrote: > What is the difference between cpufreq policy and governors? Probably you can go through Documentation/cpu-freq/* for this information. Governor decides which frequency you will switch to and when. Policy decides which frequencies you *can* switch to. &g

cpufreq policy

2014-05-25 Thread Ryan
Hi, What is the difference between cpufreq policy and governors? Are there a different cpufreq policy structure created for each cpu? Will policy structure change when governor changes or when will it change? thanks, ryan ___ linaro-dev mailing list