[RFC/PATCH] idle loop changes
Matt Porter
porter at cox.net
Thu Aug 1 07:24:01 EST 2002
On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 12:32:00PM -0700, Tom Rini wrote:
>
> The following is based on the final patch that Armin posted a short
> while back. What this does is allow for the power_save() function to be
> overridden, but still provide a 'sane' default. This moves the existing
> power_save() function into ppc6xx_idle.c, as after talking with Hollis,
> the function won't work as-is on Power3/iSeries (bits have moved or are
> non-existant).
>
> I'm not totally sure if it's better to do it this way, or to not provide
> a default power_save(), so that if we don't set pm_idle to something, we
> just never call power_save() (as opposed to a call, check for a bit &
> return). Comments?
To build it on non-6xx you need to move the powersave_nap declaration
back to idle.c and extern it in ppc6xx_idle.c. It's required by
sysctl. Other than that, this will work.
Regards,
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