I don't like the idle=halt implementation It causes cpuidle to not hook, and thus /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpuidle/state*/* vanish I think it should work more like processor.max_cstate=1 -- ie. everything is the same, except the upper level software simply is limited to -- in this case -- HALT. thanks, -Len -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html