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Date:      Mon, 2 Jul 2001 09:59:15 -0500
From:      "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@iteration.net>
To:        Mitsuru IWASAKI <iwasaki@jp.FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        dfr@nlsystems.com, arch@freebsd.org, audit@freebsd.org, athlete@kta.att.ne.jp
Subject:   Re: CFR: Crusoe LongRun Support
Message-ID:  <20010702095913.A98201@peorth.iteration.net>
In-Reply-To: <20010701031447S.iwasaki@jp.FreeBSD.org>; from iwasaki@jp.FreeBSD.org on Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 03:14:47AM %2B0900
References:  <20010630041951I.iwasaki@jp.FreeBSD.org> <Pine.BSF.4.33.0106292023230.4374-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> <20010701031447S.iwasaki@jp.FreeBSD.org>

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On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 03:14:47AM +0900, Mitsuru IWASAKI scribbled:
| > I would like to see something like longrun(4) which described the sysctls
| > and indicated what each longrun level actually means.
| 
| OK, understood.  I've written longrun(4) manpage.  As always my English
| is poor, any feedback is welcome :-)

Here is your original file and the diff I made.  Hope you will like
this better. :)

Just a friendly reminder, do you mind using attachments next 
time?  It is quite a hassle to save the email and then edit it.

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.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Tamotsu HATTORI <athlete@kta.att.ne.jp>
.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Mitsuru IWASAKI <iwasaki@FreeBSD.org>
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.\" $FreeBSD$
.Dd Jun 30, 2001
.Dt LONGRUN 4 i386
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm longrun
.Nd Transmeta(TM) Crusoe(TM) LongRun(TM) support
.Sh SYNOPSIS
The following
.Xr sysctl 8
MIBs are available:
.Bl -tag -width "hw.crusoe.percentage integer no         " -compact
.It Sy "Name                 Type    Changeable Description
.It "hw.crusoe.longrun    integer yes        LongRun mode.
.Bl -tag -width "0: minimum frequency mode" -compact
.It "0: minimum frequency mode
.It "1: power-saving mode
.It "2: performance mode
.It "3: maximum frequency mode
.El
.It "hw.crusoe.frequency  integer no         Current frequency (MHz).
.It "hw.crusoe.voltage    integer no         Current voltage (mV).
.It "hw.crusoe.percentage integer no         Processing performance (%).
.El
.Pp
.Sh EXAMPLES
To get current status:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
% sysctl hw.crusoe
.Ed
.Pp
To set LongRun mode to performance oriented variable frequency mode:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
# sysctl -w hw.crusoe.longrun=2
.Ed
.Pp
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
LongRun support and this manual page were written by
.An Tamotsu HATTORI Aq athlete@kta.att.ne.jp
and
.An Mitsuru IWASAKI Aq iwasaki@FreeBSD.org .
.Sh HISTORY
Transmeta(TM) Crusoe(TM) LongRun(TM) support first appeared in
.Fx  5.0 .

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--- longrun.4	Mon Jul  2 09:50:37 2001
+++ longrun.4.new	Mon Jul  2 09:56:10 2001
@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@
 .Nm longrun
 .Nd Transmeta(TM) Crusoe(TM) LongRun(TM) support
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
+The LongRun(TM) support is a collection of power saving mode
+for the Transmeta(TM) Crusoe(TM), similiar to Intel(TM)'s SpeedStep(TM).
 The following
 .Xr sysctl 8
-MIBs are available:
+MIBs set the different modes that the CPU runs in:
 .Bl -tag -width "hw.crusoe.percentage integer no         " -compact
 .It Sy "Name                 Type    Changeable Description
 .It "hw.crusoe.longrun    integer yes        LongRun mode.
@@ -49,12 +51,12 @@
 .El
 .Pp
 .Sh EXAMPLES
-To get current status:
+Print the current status:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 % sysctl hw.crusoe
 .Ed
 .Pp
-To set LongRun mode to performance oriented variable frequency mode:
+To set the LongRun mode to performance oriented variable frequency mode (no power saving):
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 # sysctl -w hw.crusoe.longrun=2
 .Ed
@@ -66,9 +68,6 @@
 and
 .An Mitsuru IWASAKI Aq iwasaki@FreeBSD.org .
 .Sh HISTORY
-Transmeta(TM) Crusoe(TM) LongRun(TM) support first appeared in
+The Transmeta(TM) Crusoe(TM) LongRun(TM) support first appeared in
 .Fx  5.0 .
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