!3177 [OLK-6.6] Add MWAIT Cx support for Zhaoxin CPUs
Merge Pull Request from: @leoliu-oc When the processor is idle,low-power idle states (C-states) can be used to save power. For Zhaoxin processors,there are two methods to enter idle states. One is HLT instruction and legacy method of I/O reads from the ACPI-defined register (known as P_LVLx),the other one is MWAIT instruction with idle states hints. Default for legacy operating system,HLT and P_LVLx I/O reads are used for Zhaoxin Processors to enter idle states, but we have checked on some Zhaoxin platform that MWAIT instruction is more efficient than P_LVLx I/O reads and HLT, so we add MWAIT Cx support for Zhaoxin Processors. ### Issue https://gitee.com/openeuler/kernel/issues/I8WZ4L ### Test Pass: can use the MWAIT instruction to enter low-power idle states Link:https://gitee.com/openeuler/kernel/pulls/3177 Reviewed-by:Jason Zeng <jason.zeng@intel.com> Signed-off-by:
Zheng Zengkai <zhengzengkai@huawei.com>
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