> > the link between P states and frequency is... rather lose.
it's impossible until after the fact; you don't know which frequencies
you got until you check back later.
correct; it'll wait until it stops being idle before telling you how
long it was idle.
if it really bothers you we could do a dummy broadcast ipi on shutting
down the tracer.. in practice it's not a problem.
(we wake up all cpus all the time)
--
Arjan van de Ven Intel Open Source Technology Centre
For development, discussion and tips for power savings,
visit http://www.lesswatts.org
--
