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[PATCH] ppc64: enable POWER5 low power mode in idle loop
authorAnton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:43:06 +0000 (17:43 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org>
Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:43:06 +0000 (17:43 -0700)
commitf4b0a775a0d9050da593379c12a0f3de24bbcb55
tree333f82ce846215d9a43817ac67a3bffe8bfc25c9
parenta96ca8b172bc389a526670ac5bc134fd7b5f11c1
[PATCH] ppc64: enable POWER5 low power mode in idle loop

Now that we understand (and have fixed) the problem with using low power mode
in the idle loop, lets enable it.  It should save a fair amount of power.

(The problem was that our exceptions were inheriting the low power mode and so
were executing at a fraction of the normal cpu issue rate.  We fixed it by
always bumping our priority to medium at the start of every exception).

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
arch/ppc64/kernel/idle.c