linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 1/2] ACPI: activate&export acpi_os_get_physical

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Date:	Thu, 30 Apr 2015 11:10:25 -0700
From:	Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>
To:	Kast Bernd <kastbernd@....de>
Cc:	corentin.chary@...il.com, rjw@...ysocki.net, lenb@...nel.org,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	acpi4asus-user@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 1/2] ACPI: activate&export acpi_os_get_physical_address

On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 04:12:24PM +0200, Kast Bernd wrote:
> acpi_os_get_physical_address will be needed by an acpi driver (asus-wmi.c).
> Additionally it could  be used by dell-laptop.c instead of directly calling virt_to_phys.
> 
> acpi_os_get_physical_address gets exported and ACPI_FUTURE_USAGE is removed
> 

Hrm, well... this doesn't get rid of virt_to_phys, it just wraps it really. I'm
not sure that makes this any more acceptable than the original from Felipe - but
that's not my call.

Rafael?
Len?

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Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center
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