From: David Mosberger <davidm@napali.hpl.hp.com>
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [Linux-ia64] Re: 2.5.69 process.c: cpu_idle() cleanup
Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 23:31:17 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-ia64-105590723705738@msgid-missing> (raw)
>>>>> On Sun, 11 May 2003 14:33:48 -0400, Jes Sorensen <jes@wildopensource.com> said:
Jes> Hi David. Looking at the 2.5.69 cpu_idle() code and noticing
Jes> that it has some SGI specific hooks in it. However I can see
Jes> other platforms having leds or lcds or something else they want
Jes> to flash or play little jingles when the box is idle.
Jes> As such I suggest we make these hooks that any platform can
Jes> register. Adding the extra code to the idle loop doesn't seem
Jes> all that expensive ;-)
Is this a real need or is this just something hypothetical? If the
latter, I'd rather leave what's there now.
--david
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-05-12 23:31 David Mosberger [this message]
2003-05-13 0:41 ` [Linux-ia64] Re: 2.5.69 process.c: cpu_idle() cleanup Jes Sorensen
2003-05-13 0:48 ` David Mosberger
2003-05-13 2:09 ` Jes Sorensen
2003-05-13 6:51 ` David Mosberger
2003-05-13 18:33 ` Jes Sorensen
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