Re: [PATCH] Option to disable AMD C1E (allows dynticks to work)

[Chuck Ebbert]

On 12/14/2007 05:17 AM, Andi Kleen wrote:
>> so do whatever is necessary to enable dynticks. 
> 
> dynticks' main purpose is to save power, but C1e saves more power.
> Disabling C1e for dynticks would be a fairly useless default
> trade off.
> 

What about machines where the BIOS has disabled C1e on CPU 0 but
left it enabled on CPU 1 ??
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