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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpuidle.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpuidle.rst index 830868e526f4..37940a0584ec 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpuidle.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpuidle.rst @@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ which of the two parameters is added to the kernel command line. In the instruction of the CPUs (which, as a rule, suspends the execution of the program and causes the hardware to attempt to enter the shallowest available idle state) for this purpose, and if ``idle=poll`` is used, idle CPUs will execute a -more or less ``lightweight'' sequence of instructions in a tight loop. [Note +more or less "lightweight" sequence of instructions in a tight loop. [Note that using ``idle=poll`` is somewhat drastic in many cases, as preventing idle CPUs from saving almost any energy at all may not be the only effect of it. For example, on Intel hardware it effectively prevents CPUs from using |