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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/idle/intel_idle.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c b/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c index 9a810e4a7946..bf3dd4a19fef 100644 --- a/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c +++ b/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ */ /* - * intel_idle is a cpuidle driver that loads on specific Intel processors + * intel_idle is a cpuidle driver that loads on all Intel CPUs with MWAIT * in lieu of the legacy ACPI processor_idle driver. The intent is to * make Linux more efficient on these processors, as intel_idle knows * more than ACPI, as well as make Linux more immune to ACPI BIOS bugs. @@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ * All CPUs have same idle states as boot CPU * * Chipset BM_STS (bus master status) bit is a NOP - * for preventing entry into deep C-stats + * for preventing entry into deep C-states + * + * CPU will flush caches as needed when entering a C-state via MWAIT + * (in contrast to entering ACPI C3, in which case the WBINVD + * instruction needs to be executed to flush the caches) */ /* |