On 11/24/07, Dan Shechter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In x86 I know (or think I know) that the idle loop is implemented with
> the HALT command. I could not find any HALT command in MIPS assembly.
>
> I tried to read the idle loop in MIPS asm, but as I don't know mips
> assembly I could not follow the logic in it.
>
> And finally here is the question : How the IDLE loop is implemented in
> MIPS.
the latest idle loop on MIPS is:
LEAF(cpu_idle_cycle, 0)
j ra
nop
END(cpu_idle_cycle)
which says "return". that's all it does.
