Re: [PATCH] x86: provide a DMI based port 0x80 I/O delay override
From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Sun Dec 30 2007 - 16:45:41 EST
Ingo Molnar wrote:
It probably should actually HLT, to avoid sucking power, and stressing
the thermal system. We're dead at this point, and the early 486's
which had problems with HLT will lock up - we don't care.
ok. Like the patch below?
Don't need the cli; we're already running with interrupts disabled.
I'd do:
while (1)
asm volatile("hlt");
... mostly on general principles.
-hpa
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