On 11/24/07, Dan Shechter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In x86 I know (or think I know) that the idle loop is implemented with > the HALT command. I could not find any HALT command in MIPS assembly. > > I tried to read the idle loop in MIPS asm, but as I don't know mips > assembly I could not follow the logic in it. > > And finally here is the question : How the IDLE loop is implemented in > MIPS.
the latest idle loop on MIPS is: LEAF(cpu_idle_cycle, 0) j ra nop END(cpu_idle_cycle) which says "return". that's all it does.