From: Balbir Singh <bsingharora@gmail.com>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org>
Subject: [PATCH][DOC] ppc/idle: Add documentation for powersave=off
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 00:08:26 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9d2bef9b-1df5-fb84-870e-14572ef0ea40@gmail.com> (raw)
Update kernel-parameters.txt to add Documentation
for powersave=off.
Signed-off-by: Balbir Singh <bsingharora@gmail.com>
---
Applies of top of linux-next 20161201
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 0a178fc..be2d6d0 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3051,6 +3051,12 @@
may be specified.
Format: <port>,<port>....
+ powersave=off [PPC] This option disables power saving features.
+ It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the
+ platform machine description specific power_save
+ function to NULL. On Idle the CPU just reduces
+ execution priority.
+
ppc_strict_facility_enable
[PPC] This option catches any kernel floating point,
Altivec, VSX and SPE outside of regions specifically
--
2.9.3
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2016-12-01 13:08 Balbir Singh [this message]
2016-12-01 17:45 ` [PATCH][DOC] ppc/idle: Add documentation for powersave=off Jonathan Corbet
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