Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] x86, mwaitt: add monitorx and mwaitx instruction

[Huang Rui]

On Tue, Jun 09, 2015 at 04:23:06PM +0800, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 09, 2015 at 11:13:38AM +0800, Huang Rui wrote:
> > 
> > MWAITX ECX[1]: enable timer if set
> > MWAITX EBX[31:0]: max wait time expressed in SW P0 clocks
> > 
> > The software P0 frequency is the same as the TSC frequency.
> > 
> > Max timeout = EBX/(TSC frequency)
> 
> ^ that, would make a lovely comment for this v
> 

Any better suggestion? EBX * (TSC cycle) ? :)

Thanks,
Rui
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