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Re: [PATCH 2/5] x86: remove idle_notifier

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On Tue, 6 Dec 2016, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > From: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
> > 
> > Upon removal of the i7300_idle driver, the idle_notifer is unused.
> 
> Actually... do we want to keep this this one? There's "cpu is loaded"
> led trigger, which is implemented on arm but not on x86.
> 
> I tried to patch process.c, but this would be easier (and does not
> require new hooks).
> 
> Does that make sense?

No. Notifiers are crap.

I assume this LED thing is just for entertainment purposes as I cannot
figure out why it would be useful. ARM has it does not qualify as useful.

Thanks,

	tglx

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Re: [PATCH 2/5] x86: remove idle_notifier Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2016-12-06 18:00 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 2/5] x86: remove idle_notifier Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-12-07 12:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 2/5] x86: remove idle_notifier Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2016-12-07 14:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 2/5] x86: remove idle_notifier Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-12-08 10:30 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 2/5] x86: remove idle_notifier Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2016-12-08 23:10 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 2/5] x86: remove idle_notifier Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-12-09 00:00 +0100

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