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Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 11:07:48 +0200 From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> To: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org Cc: Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@...aro.org>, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>, Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, lorenzo.pieralisi@....com, rric@...nel.org, Al Stone <al.stone@...aro.org>, linaro-acpi@...ts.linaro.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>, Sudeep Holla <Sudeep.Holla@....com>, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>, Graeme Gregory <graeme.gregory@...aro.org>, Charles.Garcia-Tobin@....com Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 06/13] ARM64 / ACPI: Introduce early_param for "acpi" On Friday 27 June 2014 11:49:29 Hanjun Guo wrote: > + > +static int __init parse_acpi(char *arg) > +{ > + if (!arg) > + return -EINVAL; > + > + /* "acpi=off" disables both ACPI table parsing and interpreter */ > + if (strcmp(arg, "off") == 0) { > + disable_acpi(); > + } > + /* acpi=strict disables out-of-spec workarounds */ > + else if (strcmp(arg, "strict") == 0) { > + acpi_strict = 1; > + } else { > + /* Core will printk when we return error */ > + return -EINVAL; > + } > + > + return 0; > +} > +early_param("acpi", parse_acpi); Can you explain in the changelog what happens for the acpi=off case? Does this mean we fall back to using data from the dtb instead, or will it just not work? If I understand correctly, this option makes sense on PC systems that will still be able to boot using the legacy BIOS services and implicit assumptions about the hardware, but that never works on arm64. Arnd -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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