Re: [RFC PATCH 05/10] alpha: Primitive support for CPU power down.

2013-07-17 Thread Richard Henderson
On 07/16/2013 10:17 PM, Matt Turner wrote: > On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Richard Henderson wrote: >> Use WTINT to wait for the next interrupt. Squash the WTINT call >> if the PALcode doesn't support it (e.g. MILO). No attempt is yet >> made to skip clock ticks during normal scheduling in

Re: [RFC PATCH 05/10] alpha: Primitive support for CPU power down.

2013-07-17 Thread Richard Henderson
On 07/16/2013 10:17 PM, Matt Turner wrote: On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Richard Henderson r...@twiddle.net wrote: Use WTINT to wait for the next interrupt. Squash the WTINT call if the PALcode doesn't support it (e.g. MILO). No attempt is yet made to skip clock ticks during normal

Re: [RFC PATCH 05/10] alpha: Primitive support for CPU power down.

2013-07-16 Thread Matt Turner
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Richard Henderson wrote: > Use WTINT to wait for the next interrupt. Squash the WTINT call > if the PALcode doesn't support it (e.g. MILO). No attempt is yet > made to skip clock ticks during normal scheduling in order to stay > in power down mode longer. The

[RFC PATCH 05/10] alpha: Primitive support for CPU power down.

2013-07-16 Thread Richard Henderson
Use WTINT to wait for the next interrupt. Squash the WTINT call if the PALcode doesn't support it (e.g. MILO). No attempt is yet made to skip clock ticks during normal scheduling in order to stay in power down mode longer. Signed-off-by: Richard Henderson --- arch/alpha/include/asm/pal.h

[RFC PATCH 05/10] alpha: Primitive support for CPU power down.

2013-07-16 Thread Richard Henderson
Use WTINT to wait for the next interrupt. Squash the WTINT call if the PALcode doesn't support it (e.g. MILO). No attempt is yet made to skip clock ticks during normal scheduling in order to stay in power down mode longer. Signed-off-by: Richard Henderson r...@twiddle.net ---

Re: [RFC PATCH 05/10] alpha: Primitive support for CPU power down.

2013-07-16 Thread Matt Turner
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Richard Henderson r...@twiddle.net wrote: Use WTINT to wait for the next interrupt. Squash the WTINT call if the PALcode doesn't support it (e.g. MILO). No attempt is yet made to skip clock ticks during normal scheduling in order to stay in power down mode