[PATCH 17/20] ARM: mach-s3c64xx: properly disable CPU idle call
Mark Brown
broonie at opensource.wolfsonmicro.com
Tue Dec 20 18:36:21 EST 2011
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 01:54:00PM -0500, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> So if you can confirm the kernel works fine with that disable_hlt()
> commented out (while still including the rest of the patch) then I can
> change the patch. And if you can measure a difference in power
> consumption when the system is idle then that would be even better.
Tested-by: Mark Brown <broonie at opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
with and without the disable_hlt() call. I don't have equipment with me
to measure power but I don't expect much effect without additional code
to enable power saving in WFI as for some reason the default behaviour
isn't to save power.
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