Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:58:06 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/3] cpu: idle state framework for offline CPUs. |
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Hi!
> May be having (to pick a number) 3 possible offline states for all > platforms with one for halt equivalent and one for deepest possible that > CPU can handle and one for deepest possible that platform likes for > C-states may make sense. Will keeps things simpler in terms of usage > expectations and possibly reduce the misuse oppurtubity?
Maybe just going to the deepest offline state automatically is the easiest option?
cpu hotplug/unplug should be rare-enough operation that the latencies do not really matter, right? Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html
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