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| author | Len Brown | 2011-04-01 15:41:17 -0400 |
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| committer | Len Brown | 2011-05-29 03:39:16 -0400 |
| commit | cdaab4a0d330f70c0e5ad8c3f7c65c2e375ea180 (patch) | |
| tree | c0737c6c9106f858df5e223b168d548de1c1990e | |
| parent | 99c63221435963e0cee2402686ba99293c2ffa9e (diff) | |
x86 idle: deprecate "no-hlt" cmdline param
We'd rather that modern machines not check if HLT works on
every entry into idle, for the benefit of machines that had
marginal electricals 15-years ago. If those machines are still running
the upstream kernel, they can use "idle=poll". The only difference
will be that they'll now invoke HLT in machine_hlt().
cc: x86@kernel.org # .39.x
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 1 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index fc505c1b4762..f1b0eb02aa1d 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -24,6 +24,17 @@ Who: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> ---------------------------- +What: x86_32 "no-hlt" cmdline param +When: 2012 +Why: remove a branch from idle path, simplify code used by everybody. + This option disabled the use of HLT in idle and machine_halt() + for hardware that was flakey 15-years ago. Today we have + "idle=poll" that removed HLT from idle, and so if such a machine + is still running the upstream kernel, "idle=poll" is likely sufficient. +Who: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> + +---------------------------- + What: PRISM54 When: 2.6.34 diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c index c39576cb3018..525514cf33c3 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ static int __init no_halt(char *s) { + WARN_ONCE(1, "\"no-hlt\" is deprecated, please use \"idle=poll\"\n"); boot_cpu_data.hlt_works_ok = 0; return 1; } |