On 05/20/2016 10:55 AM, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> On Tue, May 03, 2016 at 01:54:36PM +0530, Shreyas B. Prabhu wrote:
>> POWER ISA v3 defines a new idle processor core mechanism. In summary,
>> a) new instruction named stop is added. This instruction replaces
>> instructions like nap, sleep,
On Tue, May 03, 2016 at 01:54:36PM +0530, Shreyas B. Prabhu wrote:
> POWER ISA v3 defines a new idle processor core mechanism. In summary,
> a) new instruction named stop is added. This instruction replaces
> instructions like nap, sleep, rvwinkle.
> b) new per thread SPR named PSSCR is
Hi Shreyas,
On Tue, May 03, 2016 at 01:54:36PM +0530, Shreyas B. Prabhu wrote:
> POWER ISA v3 defines a new idle processor core mechanism. In summary,
> a) new instruction named stop is added. This instruction replaces
> instructions like nap, sleep, rvwinkle.
> b) new per thread SPR
POWER ISA v3 defines a new idle processor core mechanism. In summary,
a) new instruction named stop is added. This instruction replaces
instructions like nap, sleep, rvwinkle.
b) new per thread SPR named PSSCR is added which controls the behavior
of stop instruction.
PSSCR has