HEADSUP: cpufreq import complete, acpi_throttling changed

Maxim Sobolev sobomax at portaone.com
Wed Feb 9 15:42:20 GMT 2005


Nate Lawson wrote:
> Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> 
>> Great! It would be nice if you can document this new facility in the 
>> Handbook, since it is likely to be of interest for very large 
>> percentage of FreeBSD users. Also, it should be mentioned in the 
>> release notes.
> 
> 
> Man page committed so no one has an excuse to avoid updating their 
> drivers.  ;-)  The man page may be improved more over time, but the 
> interfaces needed to update drivers are completely documented.

I am not talking about API documentation, but documentation on how to 
use the new framework to control power consumption/heat dissipation. 
This is crucial if you want cpufreq to be actually used by those FreeBSD 
users who don't read freebsd-current in general or have missed your post 
in particular. ;-)

-Maxim


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