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+This is a very simple program that will adjust the speed of your CPU
+depending on system load. It works as a client of the CPUFreq driver.
+It is designed for use with CPU's supporting AMD's PowerNow power
+management scheme, as it's algorithm works better if there are more
+than two CPU speeds available. (aka, ARM, AMD K6/K7, Via C3, and
+Crusoe as opposed to traditional Intel and Ultrasparc).
+
+Powernowd uses the userspace governor, which is included in the Slackware
+kernel images.
+
+It is not wise to run two concurrent cpu frequency adjusting programs,
+for example, cpufreqd and powernowd simultaneously.