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cpufreq: docs: userspace: Explain HW coordination influence
Extend the "scaling_setspeed" sysfs attribute description in the userspace governor documentation to cover possible differences between the requested and actual CPU frequency. Signed-off-by: Shashank Balaji <shashank.mahadasyam@sony.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250527-userspace-governor-doc-v2-2-0e22c69920f2@sony.com [ rjw: Subject and changelog edits ] Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst

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This governor does not do anything by itself. Instead, it allows user space
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to set the CPU frequency for the policy it is attached to by writing to the
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``scaling_setspeed`` attribute of that policy.
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``scaling_setspeed`` attribute of that policy. Though the intention may be to
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set an exact frequency for the policy, the actual frequency may vary depending
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on hardware coordination, thermal and power limits, and other factors.
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``schedutil``
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