From 69fb3676df3329a7142803bb3502fa59dc0db2e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Len Brown Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 01:38:39 -0500 Subject: x86 idle: remove mwait_idle() and "idle=mwait" cmdline param mwait_idle() is a C1-only idle loop intended to be more efficient than HLT, starting on Pentium-4 HT-enabled processors. But mwait_idle() has been replaced by the more general mwait_idle_with_hints(), which handles both C1 and deeper C-states. ACPI processor_idle and intel_idle use only mwait_idle_with_hints(), and no longer use mwait_idle(). Here we simplify the x86 native idle code by removing mwait_idle(), and the "idle=mwait" bootparam used to invoke it. Since Linux 3.0 there has been a boot-time warning when "idle=mwait" was invoked saying it would be removed in 2012. This removal was also noted in the (now removed:-) feature-removal-schedule.txt. After this change, kernels configured with (CONFIG_ACPI=n && CONFIG_INTEL_IDLE=n) when run on hardware that supports MWAIT will simply use HLT. If MWAIT is desired on those systems, cpuidle and the cpuidle drivers above can be enabled. Signed-off-by: Len Brown Cc: x86@kernel.org --- drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'drivers/acpi') diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c index ed9a1cc690b..52a5e3a4cdc 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c @@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cpuidle_device *, acpi_cpuidle_device); static int disabled_by_idle_boot_param(void) { return boot_option_idle_override == IDLE_POLL || - boot_option_idle_override == IDLE_FORCE_MWAIT || boot_option_idle_override == IDLE_HALT; } -- cgit v1.2.3