linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation/admin-guide: kernel-parameters: Update nohlt section

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Message-ID: <871rdmr1z4.fsf@meer.lwn.net>
Date:   Thu, 11 Feb 2021 09:41:35 -0700
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>,
        Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        "Guilherme G. Piccoli" <gpiccoli@...onical.com>,
        "open list:DOCUMENTATION" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation/admin-guide: kernel-parameters: Update
 nohlt section

Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com> writes:

> Update the documentation regarding "nohlt" and indicate that it is not
> only for bugs, but can be useful to disable the architecture specific
> sleep instructions. ARM, ARM64, SuperH and Microblaze all use
> CONFIG_GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP which takes care of honoring the
> "hlt"/"nohlt" parameters.
>
> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
>
> - used ';' after requires CONFIG_GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP (Randy)
>
>  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 11 ++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Applied, thanks.

jon