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Commit bcef83a0 authored by Shreyas B. Prabhu's avatar Shreyas B. Prabhu Committed by Michael Ellerman
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powerpc/powernv: Add platform support for stop instruction



POWER ISA v3 defines a new idle processor core mechanism. In summary,
 a) new instruction named stop is added. This instruction replaces
	instructions like nap, sleep, rvwinkle.
 b) new per thread SPR named Processor Stop Status and Control Register
	(PSSCR) is added which controls the behavior of stop instruction.

PSSCR layout:
----------------------------------------------------------
| PLS | /// | SD | ESL | EC | PSLL | /// | TR | MTL | RL |
----------------------------------------------------------
0      4     41   42    43   44     48    54   56    60

PSSCR key fields:
	Bits 0:3  - Power-Saving Level Status. This field indicates the lowest
	power-saving state the thread entered since stop instruction was last
	executed.

	Bit 42 - Enable State Loss
	0 - No state is lost irrespective of other fields
	1 - Allows state loss

	Bits 44:47 - Power-Saving Level Limit
	This limits the power-saving level that can be entered into.

	Bits 60:63 - Requested Level
	Used to specify which power-saving level must be entered on executing
	stop instruction

This patch adds support for stop instruction and PSSCR handling.

Reviewed-by: default avatarGautham R. Shenoy <ego@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarShreyas B. Prabhu <shreyas@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
parent 0dfffb48
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