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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig')
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diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig b/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig index 3617e15567c..60c9be99c6d 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig @@ -119,4 +119,24 @@ config CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND If in doubt, say N. +config CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE + tristate "'conservative' cpufreq governor" + depends on CPU_FREQ + help + 'conservative' - this driver is rather similar to the 'ondemand' + governor both in its source code and its purpose, the difference is + its optimisation for better suitability in a battery powered + environment. The frequency is gracefully increased and decreased + rather than jumping to 100% when speed is required. + + If you have a desktop machine then you should really be considering + the 'ondemand' governor instead, however if you are using a laptop, + PDA or even an AMD64 based computer (due to the unacceptable + step-by-step latency issues between the minimum and maximum frequency + transitions in the CPU) you will probably want to use this governor. + + For details, take a look at linux/Documentation/cpu-freq. + + If in doubt, say N. + endif # CPU_FREQ |