On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 03:18:14AM -0400, Len Brown wrote:
> Is a CONFIG_XEN kernel supposed to use just HLT in idle?
For right now..
>
> xen_arch_setup() does this:
>
> pm_idle = default_idle;
> boot_option_idle_override = IDLE_HALT;
>
> which has that effect. I guess this makes sense b/c the
> CONFIG_XEN kernel is Dom0 and the real C-sates are done
> by the hypervisor?
Correct. There are some patches that make the C-states 
be visible in the Linux kernel, but that hasn't been ported
over yet.
>
> Would the same CONFIG_XEN kernel binary ever not
> run xen_arch_setup(), run on raw hardware, and want
ever not? I am not sure of the question, so let me state:
The Linux kernel if compiled with CONFIG_XEN, and if run on
native hardware, would _never_ run 'xen_arch_setup()'*. It would
run the normal, native type setup.
> to use idle states other than HLT?
>
*: It could if you really really wanted. You would need to change
the GRUB2 to inject some extra data in the 'sub_hardware' flag to be
the Xen specific.
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