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Re: [RFC 0/1] ARM: print MHz in /proc/cpuinfo

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  Re: [RFC 0/1] ARM: print MHz in /proc/cpuinfo Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2016-07-18 12:10 +0200

#1445357 — Re: [RFC 0/1] ARM: print MHz in /proc/cpuinfo

On Sun 2016-07-03 17:54:31, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 02, 2016 at 07:58:00PM -0400, Jon Masters wrote:
> > Agreed. But we'll still be coming back to ensure this information is
> > presented to users. I pointed out to ARM about 3-4 years ago that this
> > was going to bite us. It is now biting us, and we will ensure that
> > useless data is provided where it is on x86 for identical experience by
> > users. That is unless or until x86 users do something else always. Our
> > (separate) case will use DMI or ACPI for the same kind of data.
> 
> Right, so having read all your email, there's no reason why we couldn't
> just print:
> 
> cpu MHz  : 99999999.999

You apparenly did not read the email. Because bogus number will not
help people detecting underclocked configurations, as email was
explaining.

									Pavel
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