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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
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: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 09:56:01 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040323095600.GE1505@openzaurus.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200403180031.i2I0VQF02038@unix-os.sc.intel.com>

Hi!

> On ia64, we need runtime control to manage CPU power state in the idle
> loop.  Logically it means a sysctl entry in /proc/sys/kernel.  Even
> though this sysctl entry doesn't exist today, lots of arch already has
> some sort of API to dynamically enable/disable low power idle state.

If you make it "max Cx state to allow", it will be usefull for ACPI people, too...
				Pavel
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2004-03-23  9:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-03-18  0:31 add lowpower_idle sysctl Kenneth Chen
2004-03-18  1:04 ` Andrew Morton
2004-03-18  3:18 ` Kenneth Chen
2004-03-18  3:28   ` Andrew Morton
2004-03-18  3:40     ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2004-03-18  9:05       ` Dominik Brodowski
2004-03-18 22:59       ` Todd Poynor
2004-03-19  0:09         ` Andrew Morton
2004-03-19  0:43         ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2004-03-18 18:29 ` Kenneth Chen
2004-03-18 21:59 ` Kenneth Chen
2004-03-18 22:35   ` Andrew Morton
2004-03-24  9:54   ` Pavel Machek
2004-03-23  9:56 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2004-03-25 19:04 ` Chen, Kenneth W
2004-03-25 19:20 ` Chen, Kenneth W

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