Re: [PATCH] docs: kernel-parameters: add CPU_FREQ, CPU_IDLE build options

"Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel)" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-doc,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-pm
Message-ID <CAJZ5v0iaB8dBGncqwrdMim__Oq8YWBCKp6Ms_js3LtUaMjpfxg@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Aug 11, 2026 at 7:22 AM Randy Dunlap <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> CPU_FREQ and CPU_IDLE are used in descriptions of some kernel parameters
> so add their descriptions to the build options list.
>
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
> ---
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
> Cc: Shuah Khan <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <[email protected]>
> Cc: Viresh Kumar <[email protected]>
> Cc: Daniel Lezcano <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
>
>  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |    2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> --- linux-next-20260810.orig/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ linux-next-20260810/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
>         ARM64   ARM64 architecture is enabled.
>         CLK     Common clock infrastructure is enabled.
>         CMA     Contiguous Memory Area support is enabled.
> +       CPU_FREQ CPU_FREQ is enabled.
> +       CPU_IDLE CPU_IDLE PM is enabled.

What about

+       CPU_FREQ CPU frequency scaling is enabled.
+       CPU_IDLE CPU idle time management is enabled.

>         DRM     Direct Rendering Management support is enabled.
>         DYNAMIC_DEBUG Build in debug messages and enable them at runtime
>         EARLY   Parameter processed too early to be embedded in initrd.
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