[tesla-dev] [powertop bug] c-state kstat ?

[Bill Holler]

What are the thoughts on integrating a c-state kstat into Nevada?
We do not currently support c-states and may never support
c-states on some platforms.   Would it cause user confusion if
we report an unsupported feature?

Bill


Darrin Johnson wrote:
> I would save shelve the issue until ktstat c-state info is there. The 
> whitespace is fine for now.
>
> Darrin
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> Aubrey Li wrote:
>   
>> On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 11:19 PM, Rafael Vanoni <Rafael.Vanoni at sun.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> But we're still only reporting C-states that the processor transitions to.
>>> If the system supports Cn, we only report it's existence after the first
>>> transition to it. If this is the desired behavior, we gotta update the
>>> manual.
>>>
>>>       
>> well, you're right, this may not the desired behavior but it's the current
>> behavior. So i guess as for window position, if we need to fix this bug
>> right now, this is the best way so far.
>> We can change this after kstat c-state info get supported.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -Aubrey
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