[PATCH v2 2/2] cpufreq, docs: userspace: mention variation in freq due to hw coordination

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Signed-off-by: Shashank Balaji <shashank.mahadasyam@xxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst
index 3950583f2b1549b27f568632547e22e9ef8bc167..30799f734ca5568002d790c1db0ced7454bbbc8d 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst
@@ -398,7 +398,9 @@ policy limits change after that.
 
 This governor does not do anything by itself.  Instead, it allows user space
 to set the CPU frequency for the policy it is attached to by writing to the
-``scaling_setspeed`` attribute of that policy.
+``scaling_setspeed`` attribute of that policy. Though the intention may be to
+set an exact frequency for the policy, the actual frequency may vary depending
+on hardware coordination, thermal and power limits, and other factors.
 
 ``schedutil``
 -------------

-- 
2.43.0





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