Currently, CPUIDLE_STATE_MAX has been defined as 10 in the cpuidle head file, and max_cstate = CPUIDLE_STATE_MAX – 1, so 9 is the right maximum depth of C-state. This change is reflected in one place of the kernel-param file, but not in the other place where I suggest changing. Signed-off-by: Chuansheng Liu <chuansheng.liu@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Baole Ni <baolex.ni@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 82b42c9..a863737 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1661,7 +1661,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. intel_idle.max_cstate= [KNL,HW,ACPI,X86] 0 disables intel_idle and fall back on acpi_idle. - 1 to 6 specify maximum depth of C-state. + 1 to 9 specify maximum depth of C-state. intel_pstate= [X86] disable -- 2.8.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html