linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPI / tables: table upgrade from built-in initrd

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Message-ID: <CAJZ5v0jWROTTSRT1FFQWXpWn2M=uMRw5SKbwu0doKaeMjSOEnA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 17 Dec 2018 10:31:44 +0100
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To:     shunyong.yang@...-semitech.com
Cc:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        yu.zheng@...-semitech.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI / tables: table upgrade from built-in initrd

On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 10:18 AM Yang, Shunyong
<shunyong.yang@...-semitech.com> wrote:
>
> Hi, Rafael,
>   I think "override" is more accurate. I just follow the existing
> description of "ACPI_TABLE_UPGRADE" in drivers/acpi/Kconfig.
>   Should I change all upgrade/UPGRADE to "override/OVERRIDE" in this patch?

I think that this would be better.

Also, there is some documentation regarding this feature in the kernel
tree.  Should it be updated by your patch?