linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V7 6/9] misc/pvpanic : break dependency on ACPI

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Message-ID: <CAHp75VeukhU7s_uyVoEPDaVYFe5r6dGq1iEzXU5Kumiw7f-4gQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 5 Nov 2018 15:00:30 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     peng.hao2@....com.cn
Cc:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...radead.org>,
        Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Platform Driver <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
        hutao@...fujitsu.com,
        Linux Documentation List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V7 6/9] misc/pvpanic : break dependency on ACPI

On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 4:31 AM Peng Hao <peng.hao2@....com.cn> wrote:
>
> The pvpanic driver is available for architectures that do not
> support ACPI.So break the dependency.
>

Logically better to split this to two patches:
- preparation w/o any functional change, i.e. grouping ACPI related
stuff (which will go under #ifdef later on)
- do the OF extension

After addressing the split,
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko