Hi Rafael, Eric Saxe mentioned the same issue. power.conf should be platform independent.
Eric suggested using a more mechanism-unaware name such as "cpu_deep_idle". Thank you, Bill On 09/08/08 18:33, Rafael Vanoni wrote: > Hi Bill > > I think it makes sense. I'm just wondering if/when sparc (or other > archs for that matter) implement c-states of their own, will we use > the same keyword or add a new, plat specific, one ? > > thanks > > Rafael > > > Bill Holler wrote: >> Hi Tesla-dev, >> >> We are planning to integrate Deep C-State support >> disabled-by-default at first. The user can enable it. >> >> Several people have suggested adding a line to /etc/power.conf. >> How does this power.conf entry look: >> >> cstate default >> >> >> Possible settings: default, off, on, no entry. >> List of meanings: >> >> default: Deep C-States disabled. >> off: Deep C-States disabled. >> on: Deep C-States enabled on supporting platforms (Nehalem). >> no entry: Deep C-States disabled. >> >> Regards, >> Bill Holler >> Solaris Kernel Development >> _______________________________________________ >> tesla-dev mailing list >> tesla-dev at opensolaris.org >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/tesla-dev >
