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17.Dd $Mdocdate: May 25 2011 $
18.Dt DFS 4 macppc
19.Os
20.Sh NAME
21.Nm dfs
22.Nd Dynamic Frequency Switching
23.Sh SYNOPSIS
24.Cd "dfs* at macgpio?"
25.Sh DESCRIPTION
26The
27.Nm
28driver provides support for the Dynamic Frequency Switching
29feature found on some PowerPC microprocessors.
30.Pp
31It conserves power by lowering the processor operating frequency.
32Depending on the processor model, the processor-to-system bus ratio can
33be divided by two or four.
34.Sh HARDWARE
35Processors supported by the
36.Nm
37driver are part of the PowerPC G4 family and are found on various iBook
38and PowerBook machines:
39.Bd -literal -offset indent
40MPC7447A	PowerPC 7447 "Apollo 7"
41MPC7448		PowerPC 7448 "Apollo 8"
42.Ed
43.Sh SEE ALSO
44.Xr macgpio 4 ,
45.Xr sysctl 8
46.Rs
47.%T MPC7450 RISC Microprocessor Family Reference Manual
48.Re
49.Sh HISTORY
50Support for the
51.Nm
52driver first appeared in
53.Ox 5.0 .
54