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ACPI: Processor native C-states using MWAIT

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Intel processors starting with the Core Duo support
support processor native C-state using the MWAIT instruction.
Refer: Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manual
http://www.intel.com/design/Pentium4/manuals/253668.htm

Platform firmware exports the support for Native C-state to OS using
ACPI _PDC and _CST methods.
Refer: Intel Processor Vendor-Specific ACPI: Interface Specification
http://www.intel.com/technology/iapc/acpi/downloads/302223.htm

With Processor Native C-state, we use 'MWAIT' instruction on the processor
to enter different C-states (C1, C2, C3).  We won't use the special IO
ports to enter C-state and no SMM mode etc required to enter C-state.
Overall this will mean better C-state support.

One major advantage of using MWAIT for all C-states is, with this and
"treat interrupt as break event" feature of MWAIT, we can now get accurate
timing for the time spent in C1, C2, ..  states.

Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
This commit is contained in:
Venkatesh Pallipadi
2006-09-25 16:28:13 -07:00
committed by Len Brown
parent b4bd8c6643
commit 991528d734
8 changed files with 242 additions and 56 deletions
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include/acpi/processor.h
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@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
#define DOMAIN_COORD_TYPE_SW_ANY 0xfd
#define DOMAIN_COORD_TYPE_HW_ALL 0xfe
#define ACPI_CSTATE_SYSTEMIO (0)
#define ACPI_CSTATE_FFH (1)
/* Power Management */
struct acpi_processor_cx;
@ -58,6 +61,8 @@ struct acpi_processor_cx {
u8 valid;
u8 type;
u32 address;
u8 space_id;
u8 index;
u32 latency;
u32 latency_ticks;
u32 power;
@ -206,6 +211,9 @@ void arch_acpi_processor_init_pdc(struct acpi_processor *pr);
#ifdef ARCH_HAS_POWER_INIT
void acpi_processor_power_init_bm_check(struct acpi_processor_flags *flags,
unsigned int cpu);
int acpi_processor_ffh_cstate_probe(unsigned int cpu,
struct acpi_processor_cx *cx, struct acpi_power_register *reg);
void acpi_processor_ffh_cstate_enter(struct acpi_processor_cx *cstate);
#else
static inline void acpi_processor_power_init_bm_check(struct
acpi_processor_flags
@ -214,6 +222,16 @@ static inline void acpi_processor_power_init_bm_check(struct
flags->bm_check = 1;
return;
}
static inline int acpi_processor_ffh_cstate_probe(unsigned int cpu,
struct acpi_processor_cx *cx, struct acpi_power_register *reg)
{
return -1;
}
static inline void acpi_processor_ffh_cstate_enter(
struct acpi_processor_cx *cstate)
{
return;
}
#endif
/* in processor_perflib.c */