Bug#894906: linux-cpupower: provide a systemd service and a default config file

[Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>]

Hi,

On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 11:01:57PM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Oct 2025 17:24:04 +0200 Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> 
> [...]
> > I opened a MR to include the files in the packaging for
> > linux-cpupower:
> > https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/merge_requests/1674
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> I noticed a typo in the 'linux-cpupower.README.Debian' file: there's a
> repeated "the the", which should be just "the".
> 
> 
> I would also like to suggest a clearer explanation text.
> I would rephrase the whole file as:
> 
> """
> linux-cpupower for Debian
> -------------------------
> 
> The linux-cpupower package ships a cpupower systemd service unit to run
> the cpupower utility at boot with settings read from a configuration file
> ('/etc/cpupower-service.conf').
> 
> This systemd service is not enabled or started by default.
> If you want to enable it, edit '/etc/cpupower-service.conf'
> (uncommenting at least one of the options, depending on your preferences)
> and then issue the following command (with root privileges):
> 
>   systemctl enable --now cpupower.service
> 
>  -- Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>  XXX, XX XXX XXXX XX:XX:XX +XXXX
> """
> 
> 
> Please compare with
> <https://sources.debian.org/src/linux/6.16.11-1/tools/power/cpupower/README#L184>
> 
> 
> Thanks a lot for your time and dedication!   :-)

Thanks, I just have pushed an improved description for it which will
be in the next experimental upload.

Regards,
Salvatore