Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755761Ab1DALCy (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Apr 2011 07:02:54 -0400 Received: from va3ehsobe006.messaging.microsoft.com ([216.32.180.16]:13730 "EHLO VA3EHSOBE009.bigfish.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751145Ab1DALCx (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Apr 2011 07:02:53 -0400 X-SpamScore: -8 X-BigFish: VPS-8(zz1432N98dKzz1202hzz8275bhz32i637h668h839h62h) X-Spam-TCS-SCL: 1:0 X-Forefront-Antispam-Report: KIP:(null);UIP:(null);IPVD:NLI;H:ausb3twp02.amd.com;RD:none;EFVD:NLI X-WSS-ID: 0LIZ00J-02-5NO-02 X-M-MSG: Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 13:02:43 +0200 From: Andreas Herrmann To: Len Brown CC: , , , Len Brown Subject: Re: [PATCH 9/9] x86 idle: delete mwait_idle() Message-ID: <20110401110243.GN11175@alberich.amd.com> References: <67e90d97e0a77df4acd0c75e1bacc7714e011f3e.1301550524.git.len.brown@intel.com> <9797d1edfe558e20297785ce5b4e26339b74ea2c.1301550524.git.len.brown@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <9797d1edfe558e20297785ce5b4e26339b74ea2c.1301550524.git.len.brown@intel.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-OriginatorOrg: amd.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 964 Lines: 31 On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 02:03:24AM -0400, Len Brown wrote: > From: Len Brown > > For ACPI mode, mwait_with_hints() in cstate.c is used instead of > process.c's mwait_idle(). > > For INTEL_IDLE mode, the mwait in intel_idle() is used instead of > process.c's mwait_idle(). > > So delete process.c's mwait_idle(). > This will change the behaviour of SMP sysgtems that are > running !ACPI and !INTEL_IDLE kernels -- they will use > HALT instead of MWAIT. > > This deletes the "idle=mwait" parameter, and thus the > boot_option_idle_override == IDLE_FORCE_MWAIT flag. > > Signed-off-by: Len Brown Acked-by: Andreas Herrmann Regards, Andreas -- 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/