|  | The cpufrequtils package (homepage: | 
|  | http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/cpufreq/cpufrequtils.html ) | 
|  | consists of the following elements: | 
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|  | requirements | 
|  | ------------ | 
|  |  | 
|  | On x86 pciutils is needed at runtime (-lpci). | 
|  | For compilation pciutils-devel (pci/pci.h) and a gcc version | 
|  | providing cpuid.h is needed. | 
|  | For both it's not explicitly checked for (yet). | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | libcpufreq | 
|  | ---------- | 
|  |  | 
|  | "libcpufreq" 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 | 
|  | interfaces [depending on configuration, see below]. | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | compilation and installation | 
|  | ---------------------------- | 
|  |  | 
|  | 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. | 
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|  | THANKS | 
|  | ------ | 
|  | Many thanks to Mattia Dongili who wrote the autotoolization and | 
|  | libtoolization, the manpages and the italian language file for cpufrequtils; | 
|  | 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. | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | Dominik Brodowski |