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SubjectRE: [PATCH][2.6] fix i386 idle routine selection
On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Pallipadi, Venkatesh wrote:

> Agreed that handling asymmetric CPUs here is a bit of overkill.
> We can stick to the original patch + few more cleanups (attached).

Ah yes, the comment needs updating to the fact that the code has changed.
I've rediffed this against 2.6.8-rc4-mm1

Thanks

Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@linuxpower.ca>

Index: linux-2.6.8-rc4-mm1/arch/i386/kernel/process.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvsroot/linux-2.6.8-rc4-mm1/arch/i386/kernel/process.c,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
diff -u -p -B -r1.1.1.1 process.c
--- linux-2.6.8-rc4-mm1/arch/i386/kernel/process.c 10 Aug 2004 14:49:26 -0000 1.1.1.1
+++ linux-2.6.8-rc4-mm1/arch/i386/kernel/process.c 11 Aug 2004 21:37:29 -0000
@@ -218,9 +218,7 @@ void __init select_idle_routine(const st
printk("monitor/mwait feature present.\n");
/*
* Skip, if setup has overridden idle.
- * Also, take care of system with asymmetric CPUs.
- * Use, mwait_idle only if all cpus support it.
- * If not, we fallback to default_idle()
+ * One CPU supports mwait => All CPUs supports mwait
*/
if (!pm_idle) {
printk("using mwait in idle threads.\n");
Index: linux-2.6.8-rc4-mm1/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvsroot/linux-2.6.8-rc4-mm1/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
diff -u -p -B -r1.1.1.1 process.c
--- linux-2.6.8-rc4-mm1/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c 10 Aug 2004 14:49:30 -0000 1.1.1.1
+++ linux-2.6.8-rc4-mm1/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c 11 Aug 2004 21:36:57 -0000
@@ -169,9 +169,7 @@ void __init select_idle_routine(const st
if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_MWAIT)) {
/*
* Skip, if setup has overridden idle.
- * Also, take care of system with asymmetric CPUs.
- * Use, mwait_idle only if all cpus support it.
- * If not, we fallback to default_idle()
+ * One CPU supports mwait => All CPUs supports mwait
*/
if (!pm_idle) {
if (!printed) {
-
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