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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+========================
+Device Frequency Scaling
+========================
+
+Introduction
+------------
+
+This framework provides a standard kernel interface for Dynamic Voltage and
+Frequency Switching on arbitrary devices.
+
+It exposes controls for adjusting frequency through sysfs files which are
+similar to the cpufreq subsystem.
+
+Devices for which current usage can be measured can have their frequency
+automatically adjusted by governors.
+
+API
+---
+
+Device drivers need to initialize a :c:type:`devfreq_profile` and call the
+:c:func:`devfreq_add_device` function to create a :c:type:`devfreq` instance.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/devfreq.h
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/devfreq-event.h
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
+ :export:
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/devfreq/devfreq-event.c
+ :export: