From aa5eee355b466cb33f97f79bed9740a472c4ab73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 22:22:04 +0100 Subject: Documentation: admin-guide: PM: Add cpuidle document Important information is missing from user/admin cpuidle documentation available today, so add a new user/admin document for cpuidle containing current and comprehensive information to admin-guide and drop the old .txt documents it is replacing. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki Reviewed-by: Viresh Kumar Reviewed-by: Ulf Hansson --- Documentation/cpuidle/core.txt | 23 ----------------------- 1 file changed, 23 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 Documentation/cpuidle/core.txt (limited to 'Documentation/cpuidle/core.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/cpuidle/core.txt b/Documentation/cpuidle/core.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 63ecc5dc9d8a..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/cpuidle/core.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,23 +0,0 @@ - - Supporting multiple CPU idle levels in kernel - - cpuidle - -General Information: - -Various CPUs today support multiple idle levels that are differentiated -by varying exit latencies and power consumption during idle. -cpuidle is a generic in-kernel infrastructure that separates -idle policy (governor) from idle mechanism (driver) and provides a -standardized infrastructure to support independent development of -governors and drivers. - -cpuidle resides under drivers/cpuidle. - -Boot options: -"cpuidle_sysfs_switch" -enables current_governor interface in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/, -which can be used to switch governors at run time. This boot option -is meant for developer testing only. In normal usage, kernel picks the -best governor based on governor ratings. -SEE ALSO: sysfs.txt in this directory. -- cgit