powerpc/idle: Add support for nohlt
authorVaibhav Jain <vaibhav@linux.ibm.com>
Fri, 18 Aug 2023 05:07:37 +0000 (10:37 +0530)
committerMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Fri, 18 Aug 2023 11:19:13 +0000 (21:19 +1000)
commit0ceef6e99cc3a57f33b84dafc6df5dfb3b28278d
tree020e5f3de5b21184c4635afa56734676bbe1821f
parentb949ee6801f4a47ae0e02845242c99af351c4d26
powerpc/idle: Add support for nohlt

This patch enables config option GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP for arch
powerpc. This adds support for kernel param 'nohlt'.

Powerpc kernel also supports another kernel boot-time param called
'powersave' which can also be used to disable all cpu idle-states and
forces CPU to an idle-loop similar to what cpu_idle_poll() does. This
patch however makes powerpc kernel-parameters better aligned to the
generic boot-time parameters.

Signed-off-by: Vaibhav Jain <vaibhav@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://msgid.link/20230818050739.827851-1-vaibhav@linux.ibm.com
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
arch/powerpc/Kconfig