linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH V4 5/5] cpuidle: cpuidle driver for apm

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Message-id: <alpine.LFD.2.02.1103250321480.32565@x980>
Date:	Fri, 25 Mar 2011 03:24:24 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
To:	Trinabh Gupta <trinabh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	arjan@...ux.intel.com, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	peterz@...radead.org, suresh.b.siddha@...el.com,
	benh@...nel.crashing.org, venki@...gle.com, ak@...ux.intel.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH V4 5/5] cpuidle: cpuidle driver for apm


> Maybe there is some other way to handle asymmetry ??

When somebody invents a system that needs asymmetry on purpose,
that is the time to get fancy.  Until that day, simply print a
FW_BUG WARNING and fall back to default_idle().

cheers,
Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center

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