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author | Dan Willemsen <dwillemsen@nvidia.com> | 2011-11-30 21:51:56 -0800 |
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committer | Dan Willemsen <dwillemsen@nvidia.com> | 2011-11-30 21:51:56 -0800 |
commit | 68529c0f36074be88ee937634fb9433e69c96388 (patch) | |
tree | 00c842c0eff6a2b946e1c11a1bdf2d632535e0a7 /Documentation | |
parent | f9a10833c7a12ce1244685eba88848bb88bbd43f (diff) | |
parent | 3ac6e2e8106ac304c56b9435c907b2b3bda27a09 (diff) |
Merge branch 'korg-android-tegra-3.1' into after-upstream-android
Conflicts:
arch/arm/mach-tegra/Kconfig
arch/arm/mach-tegra/board-ventana.c
drivers/misc/Kconfig
drivers/video/tegra/dc/hdmi.c
Signed-off-by: Dan Willemsen <dwillemsen@nvidia.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/android.txt | 121 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt | 9 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cgroups/cpuacct.txt | 7 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt | 38 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt | 1 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/android.txt b/Documentation/android.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..72a62afdf202 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/android.txt @@ -0,0 +1,121 @@ + ============= + A N D R O I D + ============= + +Copyright (C) 2009 Google, Inc. +Written by Mike Chan <mike@android.com> + +CONTENTS: +--------- + +1. Android + 1.1 Required enabled config options + 1.2 Required disabled config options + 1.3 Recommended enabled config options +2. Contact + + +1. Android +========== + +Android (www.android.com) is an open source operating system for mobile devices. +This document describes configurations needed to run the Android framework on +top of the Linux kernel. + +To see a working defconfig look at msm_defconfig or goldfish_defconfig +which can be found at http://android.git.kernel.org in kernel/common.git +and kernel/msm.git + + +1.1 Required enabled config options +----------------------------------- +After building a standard defconfig, ensure that these options are enabled in +your .config or defconfig if they are not already. Based off the msm_defconfig. +You should keep the rest of the default options enabled in the defconfig +unless you know what you are doing. + +ANDROID_PARANOID_NETWORK +ASHMEM +CONFIG_FB_MODE_HELPERS +CONFIG_FONT_8x16 +CONFIG_FONT_8x8 +CONFIG_YAFFS_SHORT_NAMES_IN_RAM +DAB +EARLYSUSPEND +FB +FB_CFB_COPYAREA +FB_CFB_FILLRECT +FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT +FB_DEFERRED_IO +FB_TILEBLITTING +HIGH_RES_TIMERS +INOTIFY +INOTIFY_USER +INPUT_EVDEV +INPUT_GPIO +INPUT_MISC +LEDS_CLASS +LEDS_GPIO +LOCK_KERNEL +LkOGGER +LOW_MEMORY_KILLER +MISC_DEVICES +NEW_LEDS +NO_HZ +POWER_SUPPLY +PREEMPT +RAMFS +RTC_CLASS +RTC_LIB +SWITCH +SWITCH_GPIO +TMPFS +UID_STAT +UID16 +USB_FUNCTION +USB_FUNCTION_ADB +USER_WAKELOCK +VIDEO_OUTPUT_CONTROL +WAKELOCK +YAFFS_AUTO_YAFFS2 +YAFFS_FS +YAFFS_YAFFS1 +YAFFS_YAFFS2 + + +1.2 Required disabled config options +------------------------------------ +CONFIG_YAFFS_DISABLE_LAZY_LOAD +DNOTIFY + + +1.3 Recommended enabled config options +------------------------------ +ANDROID_PMEM +ANDROID_RAM_CONSOLE +ANDROID_RAM_CONSOLE_ERROR_CORRECTION +SCHEDSTATS +DEBUG_PREEMPT +DEBUG_MUTEXES +DEBUG_SPINLOCK_SLEEP +DEBUG_INFO +FRAME_POINTER +CPU_FREQ +CPU_FREQ_TABLE +CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_ONDEMAND +CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND +CRC_CCITT +EMBEDDED +INPUT_TOUCHSCREEN +I2C +I2C_BOARDINFO +LOG_BUF_SHIFT=17 +SERIAL_CORE +SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE + + +2. Contact +========== +website: http://android.git.kernel.org + +mailing-lists: android-kernel@googlegroups.com diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt index cd67e90003c0..60d82e1e498d 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt @@ -593,6 +593,15 @@ there are not tasks in the cgroup. If pre_destroy() returns error code, rmdir() will fail with it. From this behavior, pre_destroy() can be called multiple times against a cgroup. +int allow_attach(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *task) +(cgroup_mutex held by caller) + +Called prior to moving a task into a cgroup; if the subsystem +returns an error, this will abort the attach operation. Used +to extend the permission checks - if all subsystems in a cgroup +return 0, the attach will be allowed to proceed, even if the +default permission check (root or same user) fails. + int can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *task) (cgroup_mutex held by caller) diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/cpuacct.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/cpuacct.txt index 9d73cc0cadb9..e21a932059fb 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/cpuacct.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/cpuacct.txt @@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ system: Time spent by tasks of the cgroup in kernel mode. user and system are in USER_HZ unit. +cpuacct.cpufreq file gives CPU time (in nanoseconds) spent at each CPU +frequency. Platform hooks must be implemented inorder to properly track +time at each CPU frequency. + +cpuacct.power file gives CPU power consumed (in milliWatt seconds). Platform +must provide and implement power callback functions. + cpuacct controller uses percpu_counter interface to collect user and system times. This has two side effects: diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt index e74d0a2eb1cf..51b1cd360c33 100644 --- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt +++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Contents: 2.3 Userspace 2.4 Ondemand 2.5 Conservative +2.6 Interactive 3. The Governor Interface in the CPUfreq Core @@ -193,6 +194,43 @@ 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. + +2.6 Interactive +--------------- + +The CPUfreq governor "interactive" is designed for latency-sensitive, +interactive workloads. This governor sets the CPU speed depending on +usage, similar to "ondemand" and "conservative" governors. However, +the governor is more aggressive about scaling the CPU speed up in +response to CPU-intensive activity. + +Sampling the CPU load every X ms can lead to under-powering the CPU +for X ms, leading to dropped frames, stuttering UI, etc. Instead of +sampling the cpu at a specified rate, the interactive governor will +check whether to scale the cpu frequency up soon after coming out of +idle. When the cpu comes out of idle, a timer is configured to fire +within 1-2 ticks. If the cpu is very busy between exiting idle and +when the timer fires then we assume the cpu is underpowered and ramp +to MAX speed. + +If the cpu was not sufficiently busy to immediately ramp to MAX speed, +then governor evaluates the cpu load since the last speed adjustment, +choosing the highest value between that longer-term load or the +short-term load since idle exit to determine the cpu speed to ramp to. + +The tuneable values for this governor are: + +min_sample_time: The minimum amount of time to spend at the current +frequency before ramping down. This is to ensure that the governor has +seen enough historic cpu load data to determine the appropriate +workload. Default is 80000 uS. + +go_maxspeed_load: The CPU load at which to ramp to max speed. Default +is 85. + +timer_rate: Sample rate for reevaluating cpu load when the system is +not idle. Default is 30000 uS. + 3. The Governor Interface in the CPUfreq Core ============================================= diff --git a/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt b/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt index d3710dc6d25f..b0ee95e99ff7 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt @@ -483,6 +483,7 @@ pm_runtime_resume() pm_runtime_get_sync() pm_runtime_put_sync() pm_runtime_put_sync_suspend() +pm_runtime_put_sync_autosuspend() 5. Runtime PM Initialization, Device Probing and Removal |