Re: 2.4.18-pre7 slow ... apm problem

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Mon Jan 28 2002 - 05:14:59 EST


> > managing the APM state of the processor (and leaving it in
> > powersave)
>
> APM idling is done if apm_cpu_idle() is called, and then if
> DELTA(current->times.tms_stime)
> -------------------------------
> DELTA(jiffies)
> is greater than the idle threshold of 0.95. Could that ratio be
> affected by VMware? If so, how?

Suppose vmware decides to switch between running Linux and its virtualised
Windows OS. Can it do this during an interrupt - if so what ensures that
vmware isnt switched to after we have done APM idle calls and slowed the
CPU right down ?

If so then I suspect vmware should be issuing APM cpu busy calls itself

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