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authorLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2011-04-01 15:46:09 -0400
committerLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2011-05-29 03:39:17 -0400
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x86 idle: deprecate mwait_idle() and "idle=mwait" cmdline param
mwait_idle() is a C1-only idle loop intended to be more efficient than HLT on SMP hardware that supports it. But mwait_idle() has been replaced by the more general mwait_idle_with_hints(), which handles both C1 and deeper C-states. ACPI uses only mwait_idle_with_hints(), and never uses mwait_idle(). Deprecate mwait_idle() and the "idle=mwait" cmdline param to simplify the x86 idle code. After this change, kernels configured with (!CONFIG_ACPI=n && !CONFIG_INTEL_IDLE=n) when run on hardware that support MWAIT will simply use HLT. If MWAIT is desired on those systems, cpuidle and the cpuidle drivers above can be used. cc: x86@kernel.org cc: stable@kernel.org # .39.x Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ Who: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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+What: x86 "idle=mwait" cmdline param
+When: 2012
+Why: simplify x86 idle code
+Who: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
+
+----------------------------
+
What: PRISM54
When: 2.6.34