linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 21/21] ARM64 / ACPI: additions of ACPI documentation for arm64

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Message-ID: <54F05385.2080506@huawei.com>
Date:	Fri, 27 Feb 2015 19:22:45 +0800
From:	Shannon Zhao <zhaoshenglong@...wei.com>
To:	Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@...aro.org>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	"Will Deacon" <will.deacon@....com>,
	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>
CC:	Lorenzo Pieralisi <Lorenzo.Pieralisi@....com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Graeme Gregory <graeme.gregory@...aro.org>,
	Sudeep Holla <Sudeep.Holla@....com>,
	Jon Masters <jcm@...hat.com>,
	Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	Robert Richter <rric@...nel.org>,
	Timur Tabi <timur@...eaurora.org>,
	Ashwin Chaugule <ashwinc@...eaurora.org>,
	<suravee.suthikulpanit@....com>, <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linaro-acpi@...ts.linaro.org>,
	Al Stone <al.stone@...aro.org>,
	Yi Li <phoenix.liyi@...wei.com>,
	Mark Langsdorf <mlangsdo@...hat.com>,
	"Huangpeng (Peter)" <peter.huangpeng@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 21/21] ARM64 / ACPI: additions of ACPI documentation
 for arm64

On 2015/2/25 16:40, Hanjun Guo wrote:
> +Not yet implemented are:
> +
> +	-- Section 10: power source and power meter devices
> +
> +	-- Section 11: thermal management
> +
> +	-- Section 12: embedded controllers interface
> +
> +	-- Section 13: SMBus interfaces
> +
> +	-- Section 17: NUMA support (prototypes have been submitted for
> +	   review)
> +
> 

Here at the end of the file. Redundant blank line.

> +ACPI is also important because hardware and OS vendors have already worked
> +out how to use it to support the general purpose ecosystem. The infrastructure
> +is in place, the bindings are in place, and the process is in place. DT does
> +exactly what we need it to when working with vertically integrated devices,
> +but we don’t have good processes for supporting what the server vendors need.
> +We could potentially get there with DT, but doing so doesn’t buy us anything.
> +ACPI already does what the hardware vendors need, Microsoft won’t collaborate
> +with us on DT, and the hardware vendors would still need to provide two
> +completely separate firmware interface; one for Linux and one for Windows.
> +

And Here at the end of the file. Redundant blank line.

-- 
Thanks,
Shannon

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