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@@ -176,7 +176,9 @@ scaling_governor, and by "echoing" the name of another
work on some specific architectures or
processors.
-cpuinfo_cur_freq : Current speed of the CPU, in KHz.
+cpuinfo_cur_freq : Current frequency of the CPU as obtained from
+ the hardware, in KHz. This is the frequency
+ the CPU actually runs at.
scaling_available_frequencies : List of available frequencies, in KHz.
@@ -196,7 +198,10 @@ related_cpus : List of CPUs that need some sort of frequency
scaling_driver : Hardware driver for cpufreq.
-scaling_cur_freq : Current frequency of the CPU, in KHz.
+scaling_cur_freq : Current frequency of the CPU as determined by
+ the governor and cpufreq core, in KHz. This is
+ the frequency the kernel thinks the CPU runs
+ at.
If you have selected the "userspace" governor which allows you to
set the CPU operating frequency to a specific value, you can read out