Re: [patch] fix sparc64 cpu_idle()

From: Oleg Nesterov (oleg_at_tv-sign.ru)
Date: 12/30/04

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    To: Coywolf Qi Hunt <coywolf@gmail.com>
    
    

    Coywolf Qi Hunt wrote:
    >
    > It's not flexible to enforce 'void cpu_idle(void)' all over. What If
    > someday someone would want to return value for some arch.
    >

    May be you are right, but i can't imagine what could be done
    after return from cpu_idle() except panic(). cpu_idle() is the
    last call in start_kernel().

    Oleg.
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