Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753473AbaKHBRv (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Nov 2014 20:17:51 -0500 Received: from v094114.home.net.pl ([79.96.170.134]:56882 "HELO v094114.home.net.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1752442AbaKHBRu (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Nov 2014 20:17:50 -0500 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" To: Dirk Brandewie Cc: James Geboski , dirk.j.brandewie@intel.com, Viresh Kumar , linux-pm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] cpufreq: allow powersave governor as the default without expert mode Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 02:38:39 +0100 Message-ID: <1667797.SQK8nKtRUn@vostro.rjw.lan> User-Agent: KMail/4.11.5 (Linux/3.16.0-rc5+; KDE/4.11.5; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <545328ED.20900@intel.com> References: <1413322689-6195-1-git-send-email-jgeboski@gmail.com> <1463060.7rHn3OIKry@vostro.rjw.lan> <545328ED.20900@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thursday, October 30, 2014 11:15:09 PM Dirk Brandewie wrote: > On 10/30/2014 02:18 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > On Thursday, October 16, 2014 07:37:11 AM James Geboski wrote: > >> The intel_pstate driver only supports the performance and the powersave > >> governors. With the performance governor ensuring the highest possible > >> performance settings, userspace tools fail to make any lasting changes. > >> In order to allow userspace tools to make modifications to the settings, > >> the powersave governor must be in use. This makes having the powersave > >> governor as the default convenient for systems where the intel_pstate > >> driver is being employed. Having to enable expert mode in the kernel > >> configuration is just a headache for such a trivial task. > >> > >> This patch applies to all kernel versions 2.6.38 or greater after the > >> migration from CONFIG_EMBEDDED to CONFIG_EXPERT (6a108a14fa35). Most > >> importantly, this applies to kernel versions 3.9 or greater when the > >> intel_pstate driver was introduced. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: James Geboski > >> Acked-by: Viresh Kumar > > > > Dirk, any objections? > > No objection. OK, patch queued up for 3.19-rc1, thanks! -- I speak only for myself. Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/