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| From | Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/3] idle, Honor Hardware Disabled States |
| Date | 2016-03-24 23:00 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <rglsm-j4-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <rf7rs-5J5-11@gated-at.bofh.it> <rfXgm-7y-15@gated-at.bofh.it> <rg0QW-2rr-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 7:50 PM, Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com> wrote: > > > On 03/23/2016 04:05 PM, Len Brown wrote: >> This patch assumes that if a package state is disabled, >> the corresponding core state must be disabled. >> That assumption is false. >> Indeed, that is a very popular and useful configuration. >> >> But even if that were not the case, this software is not necessary, >> since the hardware handles demotion "c-state clipping" automatically. >> >> Yes, there is a case where a certain version of a certain processor >> has broken demotion, but this isn't the right fix for that. >> The right fix for that is here: >> >> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109081 > > Len, should I rebase on top of this? Would that work for you? I guess I wasn't clear. I don't see the benefit of your patch. Please explain it to me. thanks, -Len
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[PATCH 0/3] idle, Honor Hardware Disabled States Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com> - 2016-03-21 14:00 +0100
[PATCH 1/3] idle, rename MSR_NHM_SNB_PKG_CST_CFG_CTL to MSR_PKG_CST_CONFIG_CONTROL Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com> - 2016-03-21 14:00 +0100
Re: [PATCH 1/3] idle, rename MSR_NHM_SNB_PKG_CST_CFG_CTL to MSR_PKG_CST_CONFIG_CONTROL Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> - 2016-03-23 21:00 +0100
Re: [PATCH 0/3] idle, Honor Hardware Disabled States Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> - 2016-03-23 21:10 +0100
Re: [PATCH 0/3] idle, Honor Hardware Disabled States Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com> - 2016-03-24 01:00 +0100
Re: [PATCH 0/3] idle, Honor Hardware Disabled States Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> - 2016-03-24 23:00 +0100
Re: [PATCH 0/3] idle, Honor Hardware Disabled States Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com> - 2016-03-28 16:50 +0200
Re: [PATCH 0/3] idle, Honor Hardware Disabled States Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> - 2016-03-31 07:00 +0200
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