Subject: Re: Status report: sysmon_cpufreq(9) + powerctl(8)
To: Juan RP <juan@xtrarom.org>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 09/12/2006 13:35:47 
On Sep 12, 2006, at 1:21 PM, Juan RP wrote:

> And when requested freq is the same than current freq returns EINVAL:
>
> [juan@nocturno][~]> ./sysmon_cpufreq/powerctl/powerctl
> cpu0
>         current:        800 MHz [998 mV]
>         frequencies:    800 1200 1400 1600 (in MHz)
>         voltages:       998 1004 1120 1190 (in mV)
> [juan@nocturno][~]>
>
> [juan@nocturno][~]> ./sysmon_cpufreq/powerctl/powerctl -f 800
> powerctl: error: Invalid argument
> [juan@nocturno][~]>

Why return an error?  It should just silently succeed at doing nothing.

-- thorpej