Re: 2.6.14-rt13

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Thu Nov 24 2005 - 10:22:47 EST


On Thu, 2005-11-24 at 16:07 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > OK, I used this as an exercise to learn how kobject and sysfs work
> > (I've been putting this off for too long). So if this isn't exactly
> > proper, let me know :-)
> >
> > Ingo, This could be a temporary patch until we come up with a better
> > solution. This adds /sys/kernel/idle/idle_poll, which if idle=poll is
> > _not_ set, it still lets you switch the machine to idle=poll on the
> > fly, as well as turn it off. If you have idle=poll, this doesn't even
> > show up.
>
> ok, i've applied this one too. Could you also submit it upstream (and
> implement it for x86)? It makes sense to enable/disable the
> polling-based idle routine runtime.

OK, it'll have to wait till tomorrow. As you probably know, it is
Thanksgiving here in the US. And my wife would kill me if I work
today ;-)

-- Steve


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