Polish release positioning and notes

Author: manishklach

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,9 +4,19 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## v0.1.0
 
-- initial CPUOpt-Kernel scaffold
-- safe Intel-first userspace controller
-- fixture-backed discovery and profile tests
-- dry-run side effects removed for snapshot and write log paths
-- apply-time write revalidation added
-- GitHub Actions CI, license, contribution, and security docs added
+- initial public release of CPUOpt-Kernel
+- Intel-first, sysfs-first userspace controller with `status`, `discover`, `profile`,
+  `monitor`, `restore`, and `export-json` commands
+- safe profile mappings for `performance`, `balanced`, `latency`, `quiet`, and
+  `ai-inference`
+- discovery coverage for CPUFreq, `intel_pstate`, `amd-pstate`, cpuidle, topology, NUMA,
+  thermal zones, cooling devices, and hwmon metadata
+- reversible write model with snapshot/restore support for non-dry-run profile application
+- dry-run behavior hardened so `--dry-run` performs zero filesystem modifications,
+  including no snapshot and no write log generation
+- apply-time write revalidation added through `ProposedWrite.valid_values`
+- fake sysfs fixtures and unit tests for discovery, profile decisions, dry-run safety, and
+  invalid-value rejection
+- placeholder kernel module scaffolding for future `/sys/kernel/cpuopt/` integration
+- GitHub Actions CI, GPL-2.0-only licensing, contribution guidance, security policy, and
+  release metadata added

README.md

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 [![python](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.10%2B-blue.svg)](https://www.python.org/)
 [![version](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-v0.1.0-informational.svg)](https://github.com/manishklach/cpuopt-kernel/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
 
-CPUOpt-Kernel translates vendor CPU performance controls into safe Linux policy profiles.
-It prefers existing kernel interfaces over raw register writes and treats thermal and fan
+CPUOpt-Kernel is not an overclocking tool. It is a safety-first CPU performance policy layer
+that discovers platform capabilities and maps them into reversible workload profiles such as
+`performance`, `balanced`, `latency`, `quiet`, and `ai-inference`. The project starts with a
+sysfs-first Intel MVP and is designed for future AMD `amd-pstate` and ARM
+SCMI/heterogeneous-topology backends.
+
+CPUOpt-Kernel translates vendor CPU performance controls into safe Linux policy profiles. It
+prefers existing kernel interfaces over raw register writes and treats thermal and fan
 control as platform concerns, not as a shortcut for unsafe CPU tuning.
 
 Version `v0.1` is intentionally conservative: