RE: [PATCH] x86: limit mwait_idle to Intel CPUs

[Langsdorf, Mark]

> > Commit 991528d7348667924176f3e29addea0675298944
> > introduced mwait_idle which is supposed to work
> > for Intel CPUs starting with Core Duo.
> > 
> > AMD Fam10 processors won't enter C1 on mwait.
> 
> Unfortunate. Will this be fixed?

Fam10 processors were not designed to enter C1 on mwait.
That feature will not be added for Fam10 processors.
 
-Mark Langsdorf
Operating Systems Research Center
AMD, Inc.


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