linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] platform:x86 decouple telemetry driver from the optional IPC resources

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Message-ID: <C6287702A945AC47BE5DB5DFD4B5C6DD039027C0@SHSMSX104.ccr.corp.intel.com>
Date:	Mon, 11 Apr 2016 02:04:28 +0000
From:	"Zha, Qipeng" <qipeng.zha@...el.com>
To:	Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
	Aubrey Li <aubrey.li@...ux.intel.com>,
	"Chakravarty, Souvik K" <souvik.k.chakravarty@...el.com>
CC:	"platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org" 
	<platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] platform:x86 decouple telemetry driver from the
 optional IPC resources

>> Currently the optional IPC resources prevent telemetry driver from 
>> probing if these resources are not in ACPI table. This patch decouples 
>> telemetry driver from these optional resources, so that telemetry 
>> driver has dependency only on the necessary ACPI resources.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Aubrey Li <aubrey.li@...ux.intel.com>

>Given the impact to their recent contributions, I'm looking for reviews from Qipeng and Souvik before I merge this.

>Qipeng, as the listed maintainer for these two files, I particularly need to hear from you.

>Thanks,

Hi Darren,  I think this is a reasonable solution for such issue.
Thanks Aubrey for this fixing patch.