From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1KUKsz-00077p-Rw for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:28:01 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KUKsx-00076z-Vz for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:28:00 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KUKsw-00076P-UI for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:27:58 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58496 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KUKsw-00076F-GG for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:27:58 -0400 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:42531) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KUKsw-0003Ti-4f for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:27:58 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KUKkX-0008SR-5T for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:19:17 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KUKrk-0001nE-5q for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:26:44 +0200 Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:26:44 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080816122644.GD6334@thorin> References: <20080815032706.GC16592@spacedout.fries.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080815032706.GC16592@spacedout.fries.net> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: [PATCH] try2, Enable grub_cpu_idle for i386/pc to halt the CPU X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:28:00 -0000 On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 10:27:07PM -0500, David Fries wrote: > /* > + * void grub_cpu_idle (void) > + * Change to real mode to enable interrupts and hlt until the next interrupt. > + */ Hi David, Did you read the mail in which I said the problem with hlt is not about real mode, but about our inability to use it untill we have setup an RTC handler? Please solve the problem in a way that works for all platforms, not just one. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."