RE: [PATCH] idle using PNI monitor/mwait (take 3)

[Pallipadi, Venkatesh]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zwane Mwaikambo [mailto:zwane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Fri, 5 Sep 2003, Nakajima, Jun wrote:
> 
> > +		if (!pm_idle) {
> > +			pm_idle = mwait_idle;
> > +		}
> > +		return;
> > +	}
> > +	pm_idle = default_idle;
> 
> You don't have to set that.
> 

The idea is to handle smp systems with asymmetric CPUs (if any such system 
is built one day :)). We will use mwait, only if all the CPUs support it.
If any CPU doesn't support mwait, then we switch back to default_idle. 
Note that pm_idle will be NULL by default. 

Thanks,
-Venkatesh
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