linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 3/3] x86/platform/intel-mid: Add special handling of ACPI HW reduced platforms

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Date:   Fri, 19 Jan 2018 09:15:25 +0100
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 3/3] x86/platform/intel-mid: Add special handling of
 ACPI HW reduced platforms


* Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 2018-01-17 at 19:34 +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > When switching to ACPI HW reduced platforms we still want to
> > initialize timers.
> > Override acpi_reduced_hw_init() to achieve that.
> 
> Just realized, that it may annihilate the other acpi_reduced_hw_init()
> on non-MID platforms...
> 
> Open to suggestions how would be better to deal with this (I really
> don't like the idea to spread MID quirks all over the code).
> 
> P.S. Patch 2 from the series still makes sense per se.

Ok, I'll apply patch #2 to tip:x86/platform.

Thanks,

	Ingo