linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 12/15] ACPICA: ACPI 6.1: Add full support for this version of ACPI spec

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Message-ID: <1483423.tgSEpob6r3@vostro.rjw.lan>
Date:	Thu, 25 Feb 2016 00:18:44 +0100
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:	"Moore, Robert" <robert.moore@...el.com>
Cc:	"Abdulhamid, Harb" <harba@...eaurora.org>,
	"Zheng, Lv" <lv.zheng@...el.com>,
	"Wysocki, Rafael J" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	"Brown, Len" <len.brown@...el.com>, Lv Zheng <zetalog@...il.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Al Stone <ahs3@...hat.com>,
	"fu.wei@...aro.org" <fu.wei@...aro.org>,
	"tbaicar@...eaurora.org" <tbaicar@...eaurora.org>,
	"rruigrok@...eaurora.org" <rruigrok@...eaurora.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/15] ACPICA: ACPI 6.1: Add full support for this version of ACPI spec

Hi Bob,

On Wednesday, February 24, 2016 05:39:14 PM Moore, Robert wrote:
> 
> > There are few things I see missing in this patch in your updates made to
> > actbl1.h, I list them below:
> > 
> > 1) Adding time stamp as you did breaks backwards compatibility (something
> > we discovered during our testing).  We tried to remedy this by adding a
> > new version of the acpi_hest_generic_data structure.  Note that we named
> > it v3 to reflect this was the updated version number in ACPI 6.1. (see
> > https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/2/5/549)
> 
> I used V300 in case there is ever some other 3xx version.
> 
> Plus, I made a full struct for the V300 case.
> 
> > 
> > 2) Missing definition of generic error data validation bits, needed to
> > determine whether or not field being read are valid or not (see
> > https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/2/5/549)
> 
> Done.
> 
> > 
> > 3) Need to extend acpi_hest_notify_types to add GPIO, SEA, SEI, and GSIV
> > (see https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/2/5/545)
> 
> Done.

OK

Should I expect an update of the $subject patch, then, or will there be a new
patch on top of it?

Thanks,
Rafael