On Fri, 18 Aug 2023 10:37:37 +0530, Vaibhav Jain wrote:
> This minor patch enables config option GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP for arch
> powerpc. This should add support for kernel param 'nohlt'.
>
> Powerpc kernel also supports another kernel boot-time param called
> 'powersave' which can also be used
Thanks for looking at this patch Mpe.
Michael Ellerman writes:
> Vaibhav Jain writes:
>> This minor patch enables config option GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP for arch
>> powerpc. This should add support for kernel param 'nohlt'.
>
> Which is named after an 8086 instruction :), but oh well.
>
Thanks.
Vaibhav Jain writes:
> This minor patch enables config option GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP for arch
> powerpc. This should add support for kernel param 'nohlt'.
Which is named after an 8086 instruction :), but oh well.
> Powerpc kernel also supports another kernel boot-time param called
> 'powersave'
This minor patch enables config option GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP for arch
powerpc. This should add support for kernel param 'nohlt'.
Powerpc kernel also supports another kernel boot-time param called
'powersave' which can also be used to disable all cpu idle-states and
forces CPU to an idle-loop sim