RE: [PATCH v6: 2/4] x86: Add enabling of the R3MWAIT during boot
From: Andrejczuk, Grzegorz
Date: Fri Dec 09 2016 - 07:49:42 EST
> > On Thu 2016-10-27 16:38:13, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > > On Thu, 27 Oct 2016, Grzegorz Andrejczuk wrote:
> > > > +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> > > > +static int phi_r3mwait_disabled __read_mostly;
> > > > +
> > > > +static int __init phir3mwait_disable(char *__unused) {
> > > > + phi_r3mwait_disabled = 1;
> > > > + pr_warn("x86/phir3mwait: Disabled ring 3 MWAIT for Xeon Phi");
> > >
> > > Why would that be a warning? The sysadmin added the command line
> > > switch, so why does he needs to be warned?
> >
> > Its telling admin he did not make a typo on the command line. We often do that....
>
> Definitely not at the warning level.
Is info level OK for that message?