On Tue, 21 Jun 2005, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> * Joerg Sommrey <[email protected]> [050620 13:54]:
> > This is a processor idle module for AMD SMP 760MP(X) based systems.
> > The patch was originally written by Tony Lindgren and has been around
> > since 2002. It enables C2 mode on AMD SMP systems and thus saves
> > about 70 - 90 W of energy in the idle mode compared to the default idle
> > mode. The idle function has been rewritten and now should be free of
> > locking issues and is independent from the number of CPUs. The impact
> > from this module on the system clock has been reduced.
> >
> > This patch can also be found at
> > http://www.sommrey.de/amd76x_pm/amd_76x_pm-2.6.12-jo1.patch
>
> Cool. Just once comment:
>
> > +// #define AMD76X_NTH 1
> > +// #define AMD76X_POS 1
> > +// #define AMD76X_C3 1
>
> How about separating all this ifdef code into a separate debug patch on top
> of the amd_76x_pm patch? Or just leave it out as I don't think anybody is
> using it. It would shrink down the patch quite a bit and make it more
> readable.
>
> I won't be able to access my dual athlon box until September, so I'm not
> much of help with this module :)
>
> Regards,
>
> Tony
>
I have been running with the 2.6.11-jo3 patch since Joerg made it
available. It works fine on my ASUS A7M266-D with two Athlon MP1800+ that
is running 24h. I just patched 2.6.12 vanilla kernel and it looks
good. I will report if there are any issues.
regards,
Johan
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