From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Mosberger Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 23:31:17 +0000 Subject: [Linux-ia64] Re: 2.5.69 process.c: cpu_idle() cleanup Message-Id: List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org >>>>> On Sun, 11 May 2003 14:33:48 -0400, Jes Sorensen 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