linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] acpi: acpica: utmisc.c: Remove unused function

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Message-ID: <1648651.DmmjNgUaYH@vostro.rjw.lan>
Date:	Tue, 06 Jan 2015 00:30:56 +0100
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:	"Zheng, Lv" <lv.zheng@...el.com>
Cc:	Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>,
	"Moore, Robert" <robert.moore@...el.com>,
	"Wysocki, Rafael J" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	"linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devel@...ica.org" <devel@...ica.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] acpi: acpica: utmisc.c:  Remove unused function

On Monday, January 05, 2015 08:32:59 AM Zheng, Lv wrote:
> Hi, Rickard
> 
> > From: Rickard Strandqvist [mailto:rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se]
> > Sent: Friday, January 02, 2015 1:16 AM
> > 
> > Remove the function acpi_ut_is_aml_table() that is not used anywhere.
> 
> This function is used by the ACPICA debugger and disassembler.
> The ACPICA release process has just automatically released this function from the ACPICA code base to the Linux kernel.
> 
> We shouldn't just remove it from the Linux kernel code base.
> If we do so, it's just turned into divergences that can hurt the release automation.
> You may use ACPI_FUTURE_USAGE around these functions instead.

Can we do that in upstream ACPICA?


-- 
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Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.
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