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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-27 10:05:51 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-27 10:05:51 +0000 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/devfreq.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/devfreq.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4a0bf87a3 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/devfreq.rst @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +======================== +Device Frequency Scaling +======================== + +Introduction +------------ + +This framework provides a standard kernel interface for Dynamic Voltage and +Frequency Switching on arbitrary devices. + +It exposes controls for adjusting frequency through sysfs files which are +similar to the cpufreq subsystem. + +Devices for which current usage can be measured can have their frequency +automatically adjusted by governors. + +API +--- + +Device drivers need to initialize a :c:type:`devfreq_profile` and call the +:c:func:`devfreq_add_device` function to create a :c:type:`devfreq` instance. + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/devfreq.h +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/devfreq-event.h +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c + :export: +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/devfreq/devfreq-event.c + :export: |