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authorVenkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>2008-02-14 00:16:13 -0500
committerLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2008-02-14 00:16:13 -0500
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Documentation for cpuidle infrastructure. (resend) Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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+ Supporting multiple CPU idle levels in kernel
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+ cpuidle governors
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+cpuidle governor is policy routine that decides what idle state to enter at
+any given time. cpuidle core uses different callbacks to the governor.
+
+* enable() to enable governor for a particular device
+* disable() to disable governor for a particular device
+* select() to select an idle state to enter
+* reflect() called after returning from the idle state, which can be used
+ by the governor for some record keeping.
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+More than one governor can be registered at the same time and
+users can switch between drivers using /sysfs interface (when enabled).
+More than one governor part is supported for developers to easily experiment
+with different governors. By default, most optimal governor based on your
+kernel configuration and platform will be selected by cpuidle.
+
+Interfaces:
+extern int cpuidle_register_governor(struct cpuidle_governor *gov);
+extern void cpuidle_unregister_governor(struct cpuidle_governor *gov);
+struct cpuidle_governor