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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index fc505c1b476..f1b0eb02aa1 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -24,6 +24,17 @@ Who: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> ---------------------------- +What: x86_32 "no-hlt" cmdline param +When: 2012 +Why: remove a branch from idle path, simplify code used by everybody. + This option disabled the use of HLT in idle and machine_halt() + for hardware that was flakey 15-years ago. Today we have + "idle=poll" that removed HLT from idle, and so if such a machine + is still running the upstream kernel, "idle=poll" is likely sufficient. +Who: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> + +---------------------------- + What: PRISM54 When: 2.6.34 |