From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jes Sorensen Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 00:41:03 +0000 Subject: [Linux-ia64] Re: 2.5.69 process.c: cpu_idle() cleanup Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org >>>>> "David" = David Mosberger writes: David> Is this a real need or is this just something hypothetical? If David> the latter, I'd rather leave what's there now. Hi David, The problem with the current code is that it doesn't work for generic kernels and for the SN2 we really like to have this feature in place. The PROM allows you to go in and look at the led status even if the kernel has hung. The other reason was that I was trying to get rid of SN specific features from generic files and having a more generic API for this seemed useful to me. So to answer your question, yes I think there is a real use for this. Cheers, Jes