Re: [gpm] Some confusion with HAL CPUfreq interface

[Holger Macht <hmacht suse de>]

On Fri 14. Mar - 23:58:15, simon zheng sun com wrote:
> Hi Richard,
> 
> Is there any method to monitor CPUFreq gonvernor changing in GPM? 
> 
> I found HAL only supplies D-Bus method for cpufreq as
> "GetCPUFreqGovernor". With it, we can get current governor easily. But
> if someone changes kernel governor from command line, GPM doesn't seem
> to make sense this. Is it better to have a seperate functional property
> for this so that up-level application is able to monitor cpufreq
> governor property?

Everybody can set the governor at any times from command line, and there
is no way to get the information that the governor actually changed. So
even HAL wouldn't be able to set the property accordingly.

Regards,
	Holger