RE: add lowpower_idle sysctl

From: Chen, Kenneth W
Date: Thu Mar 25 2004 - 14:07:15 EST


>>>>> Pavel Machek wrote on Wed, March 24, 2004 1:54 AM
> > +extern int idle_mode;
> > +
> > +#define IDLE_NOOP 0
> > +#define IDLE_HALT 1
> > +#define IDLE_POLL 2
> > +#define IDLE_ACPI 3
> >
>
> How is idle_noop different from idle_poll?

I was thinking idle_noop truly does nothing at all, versus idle_poll
which optimize cross cpu wakeup.


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