linux/arch/x86
Len Brown 69fb3676df 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But mwait_idle() has been replaced by the more general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 <len.brown@intel.com>
Cc: x86@kernel.org
2013-02-10 03:03:41 -05:00
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boot Various urgent EFI fixes and some warning cleanups for v3.8 2013-01-30 14:43:05 -08:00
configs
crypto Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2012-12-15 12:35:19 -08:00
ia32 new helpers: __save_altstack/__compat_save_altstack, switch x86 and um to those 2012-12-19 18:07:41 -05:00
include x86 idle: remove mwait_idle() and "idle=mwait" cmdline param 2013-02-10 03:03:41 -05:00
kernel x86 idle: remove mwait_idle() and "idle=mwait" cmdline param 2013-02-10 03:03:41 -05:00
kvm KVM: x86: use dynamic percpu allocations for shared msrs area 2013-01-08 12:51:56 -02:00
lguest x86, MCA: Finish mca_config conversion 2012-10-26 14:37:58 +02:00
lib X86: drivers: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:04 -08:00
math-emu
mm Automatic NUMA Balancing V11 2012-12-16 15:18:08 -08:00
net x86: bpf_jit_comp: add vlan tag support 2012-10-31 14:00:15 -04:00
oprofile oprofile, x86: Fix wrapping bug in op_x86_get_ctrl() 2012-10-15 14:38:24 +02:00
pci X86: drivers: remove __dev* attributes. 2013-01-03 15:57:04 -08:00
platform Merge branch 'x86-efi-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-01-31 17:10:36 +11:00
power x86, topology: Debug CPU0 hotplug 2012-11-14 15:28:11 -08:00
realmode Revert "x86, mm: Include the entire kernel memory map in trampoline_pgd" 2012-12-15 12:29:54 -08:00
syscalls Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal 2012-12-20 18:05:28 -08:00
tools x86/boot: Fix minor fd leakage in tools/relocs.c 2013-01-27 10:24:28 -08:00
um Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal 2012-12-20 18:05:28 -08:00
vdso Merge tag 'kvm-3.8-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm 2012-12-13 15:31:08 -08:00
video
xen xen idle: make xen-specific macro xen-specific 2013-02-10 01:06:34 -05:00
.gitignore
Kbuild
Kconfig x86/olpc: Fix olpc-xo1-sci.c build errors 2013-01-24 16:00:23 +01:00
Kconfig.cpu x86, 386 removal: Document Nx586 as a 386 and thus unsupported 2012-11-29 13:28:39 -08:00
Kconfig.debug
Makefile md update for 3.8 2012-12-18 09:32:44 -08:00
Makefile.um
Makefile_32.cpu x86, 386 removal: Remove CONFIG_M386 from Kconfig 2012-11-29 13:23:01 -08:00