cpupowerutils - cpufrequtils extended with quite some features

CPU power consumption vs performance tuning is no longer
limited to CPU frequency switching anymore: deep sleep states,
traditional dynamic frequency scaling and hidden turbo/boost
frequencies are tied close together and depend on each other.
The first two exist on different architectures like PPC, Itanium and
ARM, the latter (so far) only on X86. On X86 the APU (CPU+GPU) will
only run most efficiently if CPU and GPU has proper power management
in place.

Users and Developers want to have *one* tool to get an overview what
their system supports and to monitor and debug CPU power management
in detail. The tool should compile and work on as many architectures
as possible.

Once this tool stabilizes a bit, it is intended to replace the
Intel-specific tools in tools/power/x86

Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>

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+.TH CPUPOWER "1" "07/03/2011" "" "cpupower Manual"
+.SH NAME
+cpupower \- Shows and sets processor power related values
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.ft B
+.B cpupower [ \-c cpulist ] subcommand [ARGS]
+
+.B cpupower \-v|\-\-version
+
+.B cpupower \-h|\-\-help
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+\fBcpupower \fP is a collection of tools to examine and tune power saving
+related features of your processor.
+
+The manpages of the subcommands (cpupower\-<subcommand>(1)) provide detailed
+descriptions of supported features. Run \fBcpupower help\fP to get an overview
+of supported subcommands.
+
+.SH Options
+.PP
+\-\-help, \-h
+.RS 4
+Shows supported subcommands and general usage.
+.RE
+.PP
+\-\-cpu cpulist,  \-c cpulist
+.RS 4
+Only show or set values for specific cores.
+This option is not supported by all subcommands, details can be found in the
+manpages of the subcommands.
+
+Some subcommands access all cores (typically the *\-set commands), some only
+the first core (typically the *\-info commands) by default.
+
+The syntax for <cpulist> is based on how the kernel exports CPU bitmasks via
+sysfs files. Some examples:
+.RS 4
+.TP 16
+Input
+Equivalent to
+.TP
+all
+all cores
+.TP
+0\-3
+0,1,2,3
+.TP
+0\-7:2
+0,2,4,6
+.TP
+1,3,5-7
+1,3,5,6,7
+.TP
+0\-3:2,8\-15:4
+0,2,8,12	
+.RE
+.RE
+.PP
+\-\-version,  \-v
+.RS 4
+Print the package name and version number.
+
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+cpupower-set(1), cpupower-info(1), cpupower-idle(1),
+cpupower-frequency-set(1), cpupower-frequency-info(1), cpupower-monitor(1),
+powertop(1)
+.PP
+.SH AUTHORS
+.nf
+\-\-perf\-bias parts written by Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
+Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de>