On Sunday 10 August 2003 19:07, George Staikos wrote:
> On Sunday 10 August 2003 08:37, Volker Krause wrote:
>   Some of that code was already in that file!  cpufreq support was added
> many months ago.  See has_cpufreq() and cpu_frequency().  We now parse the
> cpufreq file at least twice.  cpu_frequency() actually returns a string
> with the current cpu frequency, the maximum frequency, etc.  I don't see
> what the new code gains except for support for other cpufreq methods while
> duplicating an existing one, and losing the actual frequency (from cpuinfo)
> support.

The main advantage is the write support, i.e. the new code allows you to 
change the current scaling policy. And since it uses the existing [get|set]
_system_performance() interface, it can be triggered by e.g. a low battery 
event etc. without any further work.
I know about the exsiting code, but it is only usable for informational 
purposes. I will see how I can reduce the code duplication though.

regards
Volker