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LCA: The past, present, and future of Ubuntu on ARMLCA: The past, present, and future of Ubuntu on ARMPosted Jan 26, 2012 8:38 UTC (Thu) by Imroy (guest, #62286)Parent article: LCA: The past, present, and future of Ubuntu on ARM
He says he doesn't know how big.LITTLE will switch between the A7 and A15 cores.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n9T2yoC2C4#t=12m00s
One method will simply be through the existing frequency/voltage switching mechanism. So the A7 will have a few low frequencies and the A15 has a few high frequencies. The cpufreq module in the kernel sees one list. The governor decides on a frequency to use based on workload and the chip (and firmware?) will transparently switch between cores.
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