From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 9 16:28:30 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 642BA16A4CE; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 16:28:30 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ylpvm15.prodigy.net (ylpvm15-ext.prodigy.net [207.115.57.46]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 141B343D58; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 16:28:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nate@root.org) Received: from [10.0.5.51] (adsl-64-171-186-189.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [64.171.186.189])j19GOCbs000586; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 11:24:13 -0500 Message-ID: <420A3A2A.9060604@root.org> Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 08:28:26 -0800 From: Nate Lawson User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0RC1 (X11/20041205) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Maxim Sobolev References: <42068A5C.1030300@root.org> <420757AD.9060603@portaone.com> <420904CD.7070405@root.org> <420A2F47.1070907@portaone.com> In-Reply-To: <420A2F47.1070907@portaone.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: acpi@freebsd.org cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: cpufreq import complete, acpi_throttling changed X-BeenThere: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: ACPI and power management development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 16:28:30 -0000 Maxim Sobolev wrote: > 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. ;-) If you're writing a userland daemon or using scripts, see the section SYSCTLS. If you're writing a kernel driver that should decrease heat or whatever, see the section KERNEL INTERFACE. If you don't care and just want it to work, just see rc.conf(5) or leave everything as defaults. -- Nate