linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Enable generic cpu idle-loop

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Message-Id: <169279175578.797584.3100680047837397058.b4-ty@ellerman.id.au>
Date:   Wed, 23 Aug 2023 21:55:55 +1000
From:   Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@...erman.id.au>
To:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, Vaibhav Jain <vaibhav@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Daniel Sneddon <daniel.sneddon@...ux.intel.com>,
        Vaidyanathan Srinivasan <svaidy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Enable generic cpu idle-loop

On Fri, 18 Aug 2023 10:37:37 +0530, Vaibhav Jain wrote:
> This minor patch enables config option GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP for arch
> powerpc. This should add support for kernel param 'nohlt'.
> 
> Powerpc kernel also supports another kernel boot-time param called
> 'powersave' which can also be used to disable all cpu idle-states and
> forces CPU to an idle-loop similar to what cpu_idle_poll() does. This
> patch however makes powerpc kernel-parameters better aligned to the
> generic boot-time parameters.
> 
> [...]

Applied to powerpc/next.

[1/1] powerpc: Enable generic cpu idle-loop
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/0ceef6e99cc3a57f33b84dafc6df5dfb3b28278d

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