Re: [PATCH 2/9] x86 idle: remove NOP cpuinfo_x86.hlt_works_ok flag

From: Alan Cox
Date: Thu Mar 31 2011 - 05:36:39 EST


> Btw., we used to auto-detect broken HLT systems IIRC - but that got lost
> already. We should at least honor the boot parameter.

I don't believe we ever auto detected them or found a way to do so. That
was why the HLT message was printed before hlt was executed.
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