Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 7 Dec 2016 12:46:12 +0100 (CET) | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/5] x86: remove idle_notifier |
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On Tue, 6 Dec 2016, Pavel Machek wrote: > > From: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> > > > > Upon removal of the i7300_idle driver, the idle_notifer is unused. > > Actually... do we want to keep this this one? There's "cpu is loaded" > led trigger, which is implemented on arm but not on x86. > > I tried to patch process.c, but this would be easier (and does not > require new hooks). > > Does that make sense?
No. Notifiers are crap.
I assume this LED thing is just for entertainment purposes as I cannot figure out why it would be useful. ARM has it does not qualify as useful.
Thanks,
tglx
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