--- zzzz-none-000/linux-3.10.107/tools/power/cpupower/README 2017-06-27 09:49:32.000000000 +0000 +++ scorpion-7490-727/linux-3.10.107/tools/power/cpupower/README 2021-02-04 17:41:59.000000000 +0000 @@ -1,6 +1,4 @@ -The cpufrequtils package (homepage: -http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/cpufreq/cpufrequtils.html ) -consists of the following elements: +The cpupower package consists of the following elements: requirements ------------ @@ -11,10 +9,10 @@ For both it's not explicitly checked for (yet). -libcpufreq +libcpupower ---------- -"libcpufreq" is a library which offers a unified access method for userspace +"libcpupower" is a library which offers a unified access method for userspace tools and programs to the cpufreq core and drivers in the Linux kernel. This allows for code reduction in userspace tools, a clean implementation of the interaction to the cpufreq core, and support for both the sysfs and proc @@ -28,22 +26,22 @@ su make install -should suffice on most systems. It builds default libcpufreq, -cpufreq-set and cpufreq-info files and installs them in /usr/lib and -/usr/bin, respectively. If you want to set up the paths differently and/or -want to configure the package to your specific needs, you need to open -"Makefile" with an editor of your choice and edit the block marked -CONFIGURATION. +should suffice on most systems. It builds libcpupower to put in +/usr/lib; cpupower, cpufreq-bench_plot.sh to put in /usr/bin; and +cpufreq-bench to put in /usr/sbin. If you want to set up the paths +differently and/or want to configure the package to your specific +needs, you need to open "Makefile" with an editor of your choice and +edit the block marked CONFIGURATION. THANKS ------ Many thanks to Mattia Dongili who wrote the autotoolization and -libtoolization, the manpages and the italian language file for cpufrequtils; +libtoolization, the manpages and the italian language file for cpupower; to Dave Jones for his feedback and his dump_psb tool; to Bruno Ducrot for his powernow-k8-decode and intel_gsic tools as well as the french language file; and to various others commenting on the previous (pre-)releases of -cpufrequtils. +cpupower. Dominik Brodowski