ACPI: enable CPU_IDLE by default on ACPI systems

PATCH New Len Brown 1 participant 1 message Nov 20, 2007

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2007-11-20 03:15 UTC #0 lore raw

PATCH 1/1 ACPI: enable CPU_IDLE by default on ACPI systems

In Linux-2.6.24, CPU_IDLE went upstream, default =n. For Linux-2.6.25, enable it by default on ACPI systems. For Linux-2.6.26, we plan to enable it always on ACPI systems.

Signed-off-by Len Brown <[email protected]>

drivers/cpuidle/Kconfig +2 -2

index 3bed412..7dbc4a8 100644
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 
 config CPU_IDLE
 	bool "CPU idle PM support"
+	default ACPI
 	help
 	  CPU idle is a generic framework for supporting software-controlled
 	  idle processor power management.  It includes modular cross-platform
 	  governors that can be swapped during runtime.
 
-	  If you're using a mobile platform that supports CPU idle PM (e.g.
-	  an ACPI-capable notebook), you should say Y here.
+	  If you're using an ACPI-enabled platform, you should say Y here.
 
 config CPU_IDLE_GOV_LADDER
 	bool