linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] acpi, spcr: Make SPCR available to x86

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Message-ID: <50309183-d8e4-aa24-f37d-596e4334f50e@codeaurora.org>
Date:   Mon, 12 Feb 2018 09:10:29 -0600
From:   Timur Tabi <timur@...eaurora.org>
To:     Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
        Bhupesh Sharma <bhsharma@...hat.com>,
        Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@...el.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>, graeme.gregory@...aro.org,
        mark.salter@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] acpi, spcr: Make SPCR available to x86

On 2/12/18 8:49 AM, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
> That's true on ARM64.  I specifically did not enable the console by default on
> x86.  There are users who do not want a console active during boot & runtime.

Hmmmm... That's a good point.  On ARM systems with SPCR, you get a 
console whether you like it or not.

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