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author | Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net> | 2019-12-05 13:16:58 -0800 |
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committer | Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net> | 2019-12-05 13:18:54 -0800 |
commit | 942e6f8a8314e5550e254519dfba4ccd5170421d (patch) | |
tree | 75ec655b440fbc1c454247af38b5596dd8c78de9 /Documentation/driver-api/devfreq.rst | |
parent | 336bab731be76a90291697e51d2aed0ad67d7cb5 (diff) | |
parent | b08baef02b26cf7c2123e4a24a2fa1fb7a593ffb (diff) |
Merge mainline/master into arm/fixes
This brings in the mainline tree right after armsoc contents was merged
this release cycle, so that we can re-run savedefconfig, etc.
Signed-off-by: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/devfreq.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/devfreq.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..4a0bf87a3b13 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/devfreq.rst @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +======================== +Device Frequency Scaling +======================== + +Introduction +------------ + +This framework provides a standard kernel interface for Dynamic Voltage and +Frequency Switching on arbitrary devices. + +It exposes controls for adjusting frequency through sysfs files which are +similar to the cpufreq subsystem. + +Devices for which current usage can be measured can have their frequency +automatically adjusted by governors. + +API +--- + +Device drivers need to initialize a :c:type:`devfreq_profile` and call the +:c:func:`devfreq_add_device` function to create a :c:type:`devfreq` instance. + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/devfreq.h +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/devfreq-event.h +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c + :export: +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/devfreq/devfreq-event.c + :export: |