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-rw-r--r--Documentation/android.txt121
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cgroups/cpuacct.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt38
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diff --git a/Documentation/android.txt b/Documentation/android.txt
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index 0000000..72a62af
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@@ -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 cd67e90..60d82e1 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 9ad85df..3419707 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 e74d0a2..51b1cd3 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
=============================================