* Huang Rui <ray.hu...@amd.com> wrote:
> No, the timeout value doesn't decide how 'deep' the power state
> enters. Basically, the same power consumption with any timeout.
>
> I summarized the comparison of mwait and mwaitx
>
> MWAIT MWAITX
> opcode 0f 01 c9 | 0f 01 fb
> ECX[0] value of RFLAGS.IF seen by instruction
> ECX[1] unused/#GP if set | enable timer if set
> ECX[31:2] unused/#GP if set
> EAX unused
> EBX[31:0] unused | max wait time (loops)
>
>
> MONITOR MONITORX
> opcode 0f 01 c8 | 0f 01 fa
> EAX (logical) address to monitor
> ECX #GP if not zero
Ok, thanks for the clarification!
Thanks,
Ingo
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