linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH for-next 0/2] {IB,net}/hns: Add support of ACPI to the Hisilicon RoCE Driver

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Date:   Wed, 24 Aug 2016 21:53:41 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     salil.mehta@...wei.com
Cc:     dledford@...hat.com, xavier.huwei@...wei.com, oulijun@...wei.com,
        yisen.zhuang@...wei.com, mehta.salil.lnk@...il.com,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxarm@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH for-next 0/2] {IB,net}/hns: Add support of ACPI to the
 Hisilicon RoCE Driver

From: Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@...wei.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 04:44:48 +0800

> This patch is meant to add support of ACPI to the Hisilicon RoCE driver.
> Following changes have been made in the driver(s):
> 
> Patch 1/2: HNS Ethernet Driver: changes to support ACPI have been done in
>    the RoCE reset function part of the HNS ethernet driver. Earlier it only
>    supported DT/syscon.
> 
> Patch 2/2. HNS RoCE driver: changes done in RoCE driver are meant to detect
>    the type and then either use DT specific or ACPI spcific functions. Where
>    ever possible, this patch tries to make use of "Unified Device Property
>    Interface" APIs to support both DT and ACPI through single interface.
> 
> NOTE 1: ACPI changes done in both of the drivers depend upon the ACPI Table
>      (DSDT and IORT tables) changes part of UEFI/BIOS. These changes are NOT
>      part of this patch-set.
> NOTE 2: Reset function in Patch 1/2 depends upon the reset function added in
>      ACPI tables(basically DSDT table) part of the UEFI/BIOS. Again, this
>      change is NOT reflected in this patch-set.

I can't apply this series to my tree because the hns infiniband driver
doesn't exist in it.