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-rw-r--r--tools/power/cpupower/README16
-rw-r--r--tools/power/cpupower/ToDo1
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/README b/tools/power/cpupower/README
index 96ff1ff9ae97..1c68f47663b2 100644
--- a/tools/power/cpupower/README
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/README
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-The cpupower package (homepage:
-http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/cpufreq/cpufrequtils.html )
-consists of the following elements:
+The cpupower package consists of the following elements:
requirements
------------
@@ -28,12 +26,12 @@ make
su
make install
-should suffice on most systems. It builds default libcpupower,
-cpufreq-set and cpufreq-info files and installs them in /usr/lib and
-/usr/bin, respectively. If you want to set up the paths differently and/or
-want to configure the package to your specific needs, you need to open
-"Makefile" with an editor of your choice and edit the block marked
-CONFIGURATION.
+should suffice on most systems. It builds libcpupower to put in
+/usr/lib; cpupower, cpufreq-bench_plot.sh to put in /usr/bin; and
+cpufreq-bench to put in /usr/sbin. If you want to set up the paths
+differently and/or want to configure the package to your specific
+needs, you need to open "Makefile" with an editor of your choice and
+edit the block marked CONFIGURATION.
THANKS
diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/ToDo b/tools/power/cpupower/ToDo
index 874b78b586ee..6e8b89f282e6 100644
--- a/tools/power/cpupower/ToDo
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/ToDo
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ ToDos sorted by priority:
- Use bitmask functions to parse CPU topology more robust
(current implementation has issues on AMD)
- Try to read out boost states and frequencies on Intel
-- Adjust README
- Somewhere saw the ability to read power consumption of
RAM from HW on Intel SandyBridge -> another monitor?
- Add another c1e debug idle monitor