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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 65db7f4711a..5e497d16fb5 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file See Documentation/ide/ide.txt. idle= [X86] - Format: idle=poll or idle=mwait, idle=halt + Format: idle=poll or idle=mwait, idle=halt, idle=nomwait Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly improves the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but will use a lot of power and make the system run hot. Not recommended. @@ -828,6 +828,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file as idle=poll. idle=halt. Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle. In such case C2/C3 won't be used again. + idle=nomwait. Disable mwait for CPU C-states ide-pci-generic.all-generic-ide [HW] (E)IDE subsystem Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers. |