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@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-The cpufrequtils package (homepage:
-http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/cpufreq/cpufrequtils.html )
-consists of the following elements:
+The cpupower package consists of the following elements:
requirements
------------
@@ -11,10 +9,10 @@ providing cpuid.h is needed.
For both it's not explicitly checked for (yet).
-libcpufreq
+libcpupower
----------
-"libcpufreq" is a library which offers a unified access method for userspace
+"libcpupower" is a library which offers a unified access method for userspace
tools and programs to the cpufreq core and drivers in the Linux kernel. This
allows for code reduction in userspace tools, a clean implementation of
the interaction to the cpufreq core, and support for both the sysfs and proc
@@ -28,22 +26,22 @@ make
su
make install
-should suffice on most systems. It builds default libcpufreq,
-cpufreq-set and cpufreq-info files and installs them in /usr/lib and
-/usr/bin, respectively. If you want to set up the paths differently and/or
-want to configure the package to your specific needs, you need to open
-"Makefile" with an editor of your choice and edit the block marked
-CONFIGURATION.
+should suffice on most systems. It builds libcpupower to put in
+/usr/lib; cpupower, cpufreq-bench_plot.sh to put in /usr/bin; and
+cpufreq-bench to put in /usr/sbin. If you want to set up the paths
+differently and/or want to configure the package to your specific
+needs, you need to open "Makefile" with an editor of your choice and
+edit the block marked CONFIGURATION.
THANKS
------
Many thanks to Mattia Dongili who wrote the autotoolization and
-libtoolization, the manpages and the italian language file for cpufrequtils;
+libtoolization, the manpages and the italian language file for cpupower;
to Dave Jones for his feedback and his dump_psb tool; to Bruno Ducrot for his
powernow-k8-decode and intel_gsic tools as well as the french language file;
and to various others commenting on the previous (pre-)releases of
-cpufrequtils.
+cpupower.
Dominik Brodowski