linux-kernel - Re: [Linaro-acpi] [PATCH v7 04/17] ARM64 / ACPI: Introduce early_param for "acpi" and pass acpi=force to enable ACPI

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Message-ID: <54CABF46.3050701@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 29 Jan 2015 18:16:22 -0500
From:	Jon Masters <jcm@...hat.com>
To:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
CC:	Timur Tabi <timur@...eaurora.org>,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
	Mark Rutland <Mark.Rutland@....com>,
	Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
	"phoenix.liyi@...wei.com" <phoenix.liyi@...wei.com>,
	Robert Richter <rric@...nel.org>,
	"linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	"linaro-acpi@...ts.linaro.org" <linaro-acpi@...ts.linaro.org>,
	Marc Zyngier <Marc.Zyngier@....com>,
	Will Deacon <Will.Deacon@....com>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"grant.likely@...aro.org" <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	"wangyijing@...wei.com" <wangyijing@...wei.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	"hanjun.guo@...aro.org" <hanjun.guo@...aro.org>,
	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>
Subject: Re: [Linaro-acpi] [PATCH v7 04/17] ARM64 / ACPI: Introduce early_param
 for "acpi" and pass acpi=force to enable ACPI

On 01/29/2015 06:11 PM, Catalin Marinas wrote:

> Sorry Jon but statements like this make me wonder whether we should
> simply let the whole ARM ACPI be an out of tree distro business. We
> spend a long time discussing OS-agnostic firmware implementation,
> planning mini-summits, just to get certain Linux distro representative
> stating that the kernel-firmware interface we discuss here only matters
> for those planning to follow upstream. Certain Linux distros will play
> by other rules.

Oh, don't take it that way - I just mean that if someone needs a
different ACPI always on, they can do that separately. I support your
position on upstream at this time! :)

Jon.


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