summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt
index c7a2eb8450c2..4dfed30b7fda 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt
@@ -191,6 +191,12 @@ governor but for the opposite direction. For example when set to its
default value of '20' it means that if the CPU usage needs to be below
20% between samples to have the frequency decreased.
+sampling_down_factor: similar functionality as in "ondemand" governor.
+But in "conservative", it controls the rate at which the kernel makes
+a decision on when to decrease the frequency while running in any
+speed. Load for frequency increase is still evaluated every
+sampling rate.
+
3. The Governor Interface in the CPUfreq Core
=============================================