Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 1 Apr 2011 13:02:43 +0200 | From | Andreas Herrmann <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 9/9] x86 idle: delete mwait_idle() |
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On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 02:03:24AM -0400, Len Brown wrote: > From: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> > > 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 <len.brown@intel.com>
Acked-by: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>
Regards, Andreas
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