Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753146Ab0HPIaI (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Aug 2010 04:30:08 -0400 Received: from casper.infradead.org ([85.118.1.10]:52543 "EHLO casper.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753074Ab0HPIaH convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Aug 2010 04:30:07 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 2/5] [PATCH] sched: pass sched_domain_level to sched_power_savings_store From: Peter Zijlstra To: Heiko Carstens Cc: Mike Galbraith , Ingo Molnar , Suresh Siddha , Andreas Herrmann , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Martin Schwidefsky In-Reply-To: <20100812172622.349333778@de.ibm.com> References: <20100812172544.655648128@de.ibm.com> <20100812172622.349333778@de.ibm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:29:57 +0200 Message-ID: <1281947397.1926.1012.camel@laptop> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.3 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 687 Lines: 16 On Thu, 2010-08-12 at 19:25 +0200, Heiko Carstens wrote: > Pass the corresponding sched domain level to sched_power_savings_store instead > of a yes/no flag which indicates if the level is SMT or MC. > This is needed to easily extend the function so it can be used for a third > level. Ah, so the plan is to reduce the number of knobs, not create more. Sysadmins really aren't interested in having a powersavings knob per topology level. -- 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/