From: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
To: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
Cc: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/16] intel_idle: remove use and definition of MWAIT_MAX_NUM_CSTATES
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:46:14 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <511982C6.7080505@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5118B16E.6010709@linaro.org>
On 02/11/2013 03:53 AM, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> On 02/09/2013 02:08 AM, Len Brown wrote:
>> The reason to change is that intel_idle will soon be able
>> to export more than the 8 "major" states supported by MWAIT.
>> When we hit that limit, it is important to know
>> where the limit comes from.
>
> Does it mean CPUIDLE_STATE_MAX may increase in a near future ?
Yes, perhaps to 10.
Let me know if you anticipate issues with doing that.
thanks,
Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-02-11 23:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-09 1:08 idle patches queued for Linux-3.9 Len Brown
2013-02-09 1:08 ` [PATCH 01/16] intel_idle: stop using driver_data for static flags Len Brown
2013-02-09 1:08 ` [PATCH 02/16] Replace the flag by a simple global boolean in the cpuidle.c. That will allow to cleanup the rest of the code right after, because the ops won't make sense Len Brown
2013-02-09 1:08 ` [PATCH 03/16] davinci: cpuidle - move code to prevent forward declaration Len Brown
2013-02-09 1:08 ` [PATCH 04/16] davinci: cpuidle - remove the ops Len Brown
2013-02-09 1:08 ` [PATCH 05/16] davinci: cpuidle - remove useless initialization Len Brown
2013-02-09 1:08 ` [PATCH 06/16] ACPI / idle: remove unused definition Len Brown
2013-02-09 1:08 ` [PATCH 07/16] ACPI / idle : remove pointless headers Len Brown
2013-02-09 1:08 ` [PATCH 08/16] ACPI / idle: pass the cpuidle_device parameter Len Brown
2013-02-09 1:08 ` [PATCH 09/16] ACPI / idle: remove usage of the statedata Len Brown
2013-02-09 1:08 ` [PATCH 10/16] cpuidle: remove vestage definition of cpuidle_state_usage.driver_data Len Brown
2013-02-11 8:48 ` Daniel Lezcano
2013-02-09 1:08 ` [PATCH 11/16] intel_idle: support Haswell Len Brown
2013-02-09 1:08 ` [PATCH 12/16] tools/power turbostat: " Len Brown
2013-02-09 1:08 ` [PATCH 13/16] tools/power turbostat: decode MSR_IA32_POWER_CTL Len Brown
2013-02-09 1:08 ` [PATCH 14/16] intel_idle: remove use and definition of MWAIT_MAX_NUM_CSTATES Len Brown
2013-02-11 8:53 ` Daniel Lezcano
2013-02-11 23:46 ` Len Brown [this message]
2013-02-12 22:43 ` Daniel Lezcano
2013-02-18 5:00 ` cpuidle sizes (Re: [PATCH 14/16] intel_idle: remove use and definition of MWAIT_MAX_NUM_CSTATES) Len Brown
2013-02-09 1:08 ` [PATCH 15/16] intel_idle: remove assumption of one C-state per MWAIT flag Len Brown
2013-02-09 1:08 ` [PATCH 16/16] intel_idle: export both C1 and C1E Len Brown
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