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

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Date:	Thu, 5 Mar 2015 10:54:18 -0800
From:	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
To:	Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@...aro.org>
Cc:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	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>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 21/21] ARM64 / ACPI: additions of ACPI documentation
 for arm64

On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 04:40:01PM +0800, Hanjun Guo wrote:
> From: Al Stone <al.stone@...aro.org>
> 
> Two more documentation files are also being added:
> (1) A verbatim copy of the "Why ACPI on ARM?" blog posting by Grant Likely,
>     which is also summarized in arm-acpi.txt, and

This doesn't belong in the kernel tree.

> (2) A section by section review of the ACPI spec (acpi_object_usage.txt)
>     to note recommendations and prohibitions on the use of the numerous
>     ACPI tables and objects.  This sets out the current expectations of
>     the firmware by Linux very explicitly (or as explicitly as I can, for
>     now).

I'll follow up with any comments on this separately (I.e. haven't read it yet).


-Olof
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