[SLUG] Re: CPU suspend mode in Linux?

[Angus Lees]

\begin{John Wiltshire}
> NT4sp3+, Win2000 and Linux all execute a HLT instruction when idle on a
> single CPU machine.  I'm pretty sure there are issues with SMP machines that
> means you have to busy idle.

if you have the APM stuff enabled, you also get a "make IDLE calls
when idle" option. i presume that goes even further than a HLT.

-- 
 - Gus


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