Re: [PATCH 0/6] sched: expel confusing usage of the term "power"

2014-05-15 Thread Nicolas Pitre
On Thu, 15 May 2014, Vincent Guittot wrote: > Hi Nico, > > Thanks for doing this renaming. > I remember that you asked me to do this while working on cpu_power but > my work has not evolved as fast as expected and as it already implies > some renaming other than s/power/capacity/ i have postponed

Re: [PATCH 0/6] sched: expel confusing usage of the term "power"

2014-05-15 Thread Vincent Guittot
Hi Nico, Thanks for doing this renaming. I remember that you asked me to do this while working on cpu_power but my work has not evolved as fast as expected and as it already implies some renaming other than s/power/capacity/ i have postponed it to not make review to complex. Nevertheless, i can m

[PATCH 0/6] sched: expel confusing usage of the term "power"

2014-05-14 Thread Nicolas Pitre
"Power" is a very bad term in the scheduler context. There are so many meanings that can be attached to it. And with the upcoming "power aware" scheduler work confusion is sure to happen. The definition of "power" is typically the rate at which work is performed, energy is converted or electric