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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpuidle.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpuidle.rst index 5605cc6f9560..a96a423e3779 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpuidle.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpuidle.rst @@ -159,17 +159,15 @@ governor uses that information depends on what algorithm is implemented by it and that is the primary reason for having more than one governor in the ``CPUIdle`` subsystem. -There are three ``CPUIdle`` governors available, ``menu``, `TEO <teo-gov_>`_ -and ``ladder``. Which of them is used by default depends on the configuration -of the kernel and in particular on whether or not the scheduler tick can be -`stopped by the idle loop <idle-cpus-and-tick_>`_. It is possible to change the -governor at run time if the ``cpuidle_sysfs_switch`` command line parameter has -been passed to the kernel, but that is not safe in general, so it should not be -done on production systems (that may change in the future, though). The name of -the ``CPUIdle`` governor currently used by the kernel can be read from the -:file:`current_governor_ro` (or :file:`current_governor` if -``cpuidle_sysfs_switch`` is present in the kernel command line) file under -:file:`/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/` in ``sysfs``. +There are four ``CPUIdle`` governors available, ``menu``, `TEO <teo-gov_>`_, +``ladder`` and ``haltpoll``. Which of them is used by default depends on the +configuration of the kernel and in particular on whether or not the scheduler +tick can be `stopped by the idle loop <idle-cpus-and-tick_>`_. Available +governors can be read from the :file:`available_governors`, and the governor +can be changed at runtime. The name of the ``CPUIdle`` governor currently +used by the kernel can be read from the :file:`current_governor_ro` or +:file:`current_governor` file under :file:`/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/` +in ``sysfs``. Which ``CPUIdle`` driver is used, on the other hand, usually depends on the platform the kernel is running on, but there are platforms with more than one |