Thread (11 messages) 11 messages, 4 authors, 2013-08-26

Re: [PATCH 1/2] powerpc/85xx: add hardware automatically enter altivec idle state

From: Kumar Gala <hidden>
Date: 2013-08-16 11:02:51

On Aug 16, 2013, at 2:23 AM, Dongsheng Wang wrote:
From: Wang Dongsheng <redacted>
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Each core's AltiVec unit may be placed into a power savings mode
by turning off power to the unit. Core hardware will automatically
power down the AltiVec unit after no AltiVec instructions have
executed in N cycles. The AltiVec power-control is triggered by =
hardware.
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Signed-off-by: Wang Dongsheng <redacted>
Why treat this as a idle HW governor vs just some one time setup at boot =
of the time delay?

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