[POWERPC] hvc_console: Polling mode timer backoff
Add a back-off mechanism to hvc_console's polling logic. This change
drops the timers/second ratio from ~90 to ~1/2 while the console is
idle.
This change is most noticeable when watching /proc/timer_stats output.
This only affects when the hvc_console is running in poll mode, i.e.
power4 and cell systems.
I've tested on Power4, Michael Ellerman has both contributed to the
patch and tested on cell.
Signed-off-by: Will Schmidt <will_schmidt@vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au>
Acked-by: Linas Vepstas <linas@austin.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
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