Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263570AbUCYTFM (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Mar 2004 14:05:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263557AbUCYTFM (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Mar 2004 14:05:12 -0500 Received: from fmr03.intel.com ([143.183.121.5]:38813 "EHLO hermes.sc.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263564AbUCYTFH (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Mar 2004 14:05:07 -0500 Message-Id: <200403251904.i2PJ4iF25729@unix-os.sc.intel.com> From: "Chen, Kenneth W" To: "'Pavel Machek'" Cc: "'Andrew Morton'" , , Subject: RE: add lowpower_idle sysctl Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 11:04:44 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 Thread-Index: AcQRhifG+uEt7tcTT8WvB0P5F+ZMBwBFVxIA In-Reply-To: <20040324095422.GA241@elf.ucw.cz> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 589 Lines: 20 >>>>> Pavel Machek wrote on Wed, March 24, 2004 1:54 AM > > +extern int idle_mode; > > + > > +#define IDLE_NOOP 0 > > +#define IDLE_HALT 1 > > +#define IDLE_POLL 2 > > +#define IDLE_ACPI 3 > > > > How is idle_noop different from idle_poll? I was thinking idle_noop truly does nothing at all, versus idle_poll which optimize cross cpu wakeup. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/