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@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> 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@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@xxxxxxx>


Regards,
Andreas


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