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[Xen-devel] Re: [RFC PATCH V4 4/5] cpuidle: driver for xen 
| To: | Trinabh Gupta <trinabh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |  
| Subject: | [Xen-devel] Re: [RFC PATCH V4 4/5] cpuidle: driver for xen |  
| From: | Len Brown <lenb@xxxxxxxxxx> |  
| Date: | Thu, 24 Mar 2011 03:18:14 -0400 (EDT) |  
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| Is a CONFIG_XEN kernel supposed to use just HLT in idle?
xen_arch_setup() does this:
        pm_idle = default_idle;
        boot_option_idle_override = IDLE_HALT;
which has that effect.  I guess this makes sense b/c the
CONFIG_XEN kernel is Dom0 and the real C-sates are done
by the hypervisor?
Would the same CONFIG_XEN kernel binary ever not
run xen_arch_setup(), run on raw hardware, and want
to use idle states other than HLT?
thanks,
-Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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