Re: [PATCH 2/5] x86: remove idle_notifier

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Tue, 6 Dec 2016, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > From: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Upon removal of the i7300_idle driver, the idle_notifer is unused.
> 
> Actually... do we want to keep this this one? There's "cpu is loaded"
> led trigger, which is implemented on arm but not on x86.
> 
> I tried to patch process.c, but this would be easier (and does not
> require new hooks).
> 
> Does that make sense?

No. Notifiers are crap.

I assume this LED thing is just for entertainment purposes as I cannot
figure out why it would be useful. ARM has it does not qualify as useful.

Thanks,

	tglx