From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: Kenneth Chen <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: add lowpower_idle sysctl
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 22:35:04 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040318143504.705dd460.akpm@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200403182159.i2ILxhF12208@unix-os.sc.intel.com>
"Kenneth Chen" <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>> Andrew Morton wrote on Wed, March 17, 2004 7:28 PM
> > > "Kenneth Chen" <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Writing to sysctl should be a bool, reading the value can be number of
> > > module currently disabled low power idle. I think the original intent
> > > is to use ref count for enabling/disabling. (granted, we copied the
> > > code from other arch).
> >
> > OK, so why not give us:
> >
> > #define IDLE_HALT 0
> > #define IDLE_POLL 1
> > #define IDLE_SUPER_LOW_POWER_HALT 2
> >
> > and so forth (are there any others?).
> >
> > Set some system-wide integer via a sysctl and let the particular
> > architecture decide how best to implement the currently-selected
> > idle mode?
>
>
> Sounds good, Thanks for the suggestion. I just coded it up:
>
Looks fine, thanks. I'll queue that up pending some code which actually
uses it. And the obligatory update to Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt ;)
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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: "Kenneth Chen" <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: add lowpower_idle sysctl
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 14:35:04 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040318143504.705dd460.akpm@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200403182159.i2ILxhF12208@unix-os.sc.intel.com>
"Kenneth Chen" <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>> Andrew Morton wrote on Wed, March 17, 2004 7:28 PM
> > > "Kenneth Chen" <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Writing to sysctl should be a bool, reading the value can be number of
> > > module currently disabled low power idle. I think the original intent
> > > is to use ref count for enabling/disabling. (granted, we copied the
> > > code from other arch).
> >
> > OK, so why not give us:
> >
> > #define IDLE_HALT 0
> > #define IDLE_POLL 1
> > #define IDLE_SUPER_LOW_POWER_HALT 2
> >
> > and so forth (are there any others?).
> >
> > Set some system-wide integer via a sysctl and let the particular
> > architecture decide how best to implement the currently-selected
> > idle mode?
>
>
> Sounds good, Thanks for the suggestion. I just coded it up:
>
Looks fine, thanks. I'll queue that up pending some code which actually
uses it. And the obligatory update to Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt ;)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-03-18 22:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-03-18 0:31 add lowpower_idle sysctl Kenneth Chen
2004-03-18 0:31 ` Kenneth Chen
2004-03-18 1:04 ` Andrew Morton
2004-03-18 1:04 ` Andrew Morton
2004-03-18 9:42 ` Pasi Savolainen
2004-03-18 3:18 ` Kenneth Chen
2004-03-18 3:18 ` Kenneth Chen
2004-03-18 3:28 ` Andrew Morton
2004-03-18 3:28 ` Andrew Morton
2004-03-18 3:40 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2004-03-18 3:40 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2004-03-18 9:05 ` Dominik Brodowski
2004-03-18 9:05 ` Dominik Brodowski
2004-03-18 18:29 ` Kenneth Chen
2004-03-18 18:29 ` Kenneth Chen
2004-03-18 18:29 ` Kenneth Chen
2004-03-18 22:59 ` Todd Poynor
2004-03-18 22:59 ` Todd Poynor
2004-03-19 0:09 ` Andrew Morton
2004-03-19 0:09 ` Andrew Morton
2004-03-19 0:09 ` Andrew Morton
2004-03-19 0:43 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2004-03-19 0:43 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2004-03-25 19:20 ` Chen, Kenneth W
2004-03-25 19:20 ` Chen, Kenneth W
2004-03-25 19:20 ` Chen, Kenneth W
2004-03-18 21:59 ` Kenneth Chen
2004-03-18 21:59 ` Kenneth Chen
2004-03-18 22:35 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2004-03-18 22:35 ` Andrew Morton
2004-03-24 9:54 ` Pavel Machek
2004-03-24 9:54 ` Pavel Machek
2004-03-23 9:56 ` Pavel Machek
2004-03-23 9:56 ` Pavel Machek
2004-03-25 19:04 ` Chen, Kenneth W
2004-03-25 19:04 ` Chen, Kenneth W
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2004-03-18 7:49 Ross Dickson
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