82xx CPU features

[Kumar Gala]

On Jan 30, 2007, at 4:31 PM, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:

> On Fri, 26 Jan 2007, Kumar Gala wrote:
>
>> For _CAN_NAP, I'm guessing its historic, maybe Dan knows why it  
>> wasn't set.
>> What happens if you try to set it?  Are there implications at the  
>> system level
>> with regards to _CAN_NAP?
>
> Just tested: set CPU_FTR_MAYBE_CAN_DOZE for 82xx, CONFIG_BDI_SWITCH  
> is not
> defined, echoed 1 to /proc/sys/kernel/powersave-nap - and a 8241 still
> runs... I'll try to measure if there's any difference in power
> consumption:-))
>
>> I'm looking at the CPU_FTR_PPC_LE it varies if we should use  
>> _PPC_LE vs
>> _TRUE_LE (or whatever the other one is called).

It would be good for someone to test an 8260 class (826x, 8272,  
etc..) to see if they have any issues.

- k