Re: 2.6.16rc5 'found' an extra CPU.

From: Zwane Mwaikambo
Date: Thu Mar 02 2006 - 10:46:56 EST


On Thu, 2 Mar 2006, Romano Giannetti wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 12:49:53AM -0500, Brown, Len wrote:
> >
> > I'm afraid that even after we get this stuff out of /proc
> > and into sysfs where it belongs, we'll have to leave /proc/acpi around
> > for a while b/c unfortunately people are under the impression
> > that the path names there actually mean something and
> > they can actually count on them -- which they can't.
>
> Is it possible to obtain the same control/information with sysfs that is
> available from /proc/acpi? For example, I use quite extensively CPU
> throttling on my VAIO ("cool & quiet home-made mode"), and I was unable to
> find the equivalent of /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/throttling ...

I can't help thinking that that should be going through cpufreq.
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