Update on DeviceKit

[Holger Macht]

On Do 08. Mai - 21:50:42, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 10:38:43PM +0200, Holger Macht wrote:
> 
> > With you're argumentation being true, it wouldn't make sense to have
> > something like an ondemand governor at all. Not to mention having an
> > up_threshold exported to userspace. Just always run at full speed.
> 
> In an ideal universe, it wouldn't be. However, there's a (small) power 
> cost involved in ramping up the voltage and frequency. If the amount of 
> work to be done is sufficiently small, you can win (slightly) by staying 
> at the lower frequency, and so ondemand makes sense.

So setting the up_threshold down, and thus staying a little bit longer at
a low frequency, makes sense too.

Regards,
	Holger