From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932892Ab3BKXqU (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:46:20 -0500 Received: from mail-vc0-f171.google.com ([209.85.220.171]:36829 "EHLO mail-vc0-f171.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932675Ab3BKXqR (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:46:17 -0500 Message-ID: <511982C6.7080505@kernel.org> Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:46:14 -0500 From: Len Brown User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130110 Thunderbird/17.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Daniel Lezcano CC: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Len Brown Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/16] intel_idle: remove use and definition of MWAIT_MAX_NUM_CSTATES References: <1360372100-28482-1-git-send-email-lenb@kernel.org> <137ecc779c80138723677209730738d76262e810.1360371180.git.len.brown@intel.com> <5118B16E.6010709@linaro.org> In-Reply-To: <5118B16E.6010709@linaro.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 02/11/2013 03:53 AM, Daniel Lezcano wrote: > On 02/09/2013 02:08 AM, Len Brown wrote: >> The reason to change is that intel_idle will soon be able >> to export more than the 8 "major" states supported by MWAIT. >> When we hit that limit, it is important to know >> where the limit comes from. > > Does it mean CPUIDLE_STATE_MAX may increase in a near future ? Yes, perhaps to 10. Let me know if you anticipate issues with doing that. thanks, Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center