linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 4/5] ACPI / boot: Not all platform require acpi_reduced_hw

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Date:   Sat, 22 Jul 2017 00:25:01 +0200
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Hanjun Guo <guohanjun@...wei.com>,
        linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/5] ACPI / boot: Not all platform require acpi_reduced_hw_init()

On Tuesday, July 18, 2017 06:04:19 PM Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> Some platform might take care of legacy devices on theirs own.
> Let's allow them to do that by exporting a weak function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>

I'd rather do it at the time when acpi_reduced_hw_init() actually needs to be
overridden by at least one platform.

Thanks,
Rafael