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authorBalbir Singh2016-12-01 14:08:26 +0100
committerJonathan Corbet2016-12-01 18:45:16 +0100
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ppc/idle: Add documentation for powersave=off
Update kernel-parameters.txt to add Documentation for powersave=off. Signed-off-by: Balbir Singh <bsingharora@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@@ -3036,6 +3036,12 @@
may be specified.
Format: <port>,<port>....
+ powersave=off [PPC] This option disables power saving features.
+ It specifically disables cpuidle and sets the
+ platform machine description specific power_save
+ function to NULL. On Idle the CPU just reduces
+ execution priority.
+
ppc_strict_facility_enable
[PPC] This option catches any kernel floating point,
Altivec, VSX and SPE outside of regions specifically