linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] ACPI: Resolve objects on host-directed table loads

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1906141114490.6579@fox.voss.local>
Date:   Fri, 14 Jun 2019 11:25:58 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Nikolaus Voss <nv@...n.de>
To:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
cc:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        Robert Moore <robert.moore@...el.com>,
        Erik Schmauss <erik.schmauss@...el.com>,
        Jacek Anaszewski <jacek.anaszewski@...il.com>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Dan Murphy <dmurphy@...com>,
        Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:ACPI COMPONENT ARCHITECTURE (ACPICA)" <devel@...ica.org>,
        linux-leds@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux PWM List <linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] ACPI: Resolve objects on host-directed table
 loads

Hi Rafael,

On Fri, 14 Jun 2019, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 10:36 AM Nikolaus Voss
> <nikolaus.voss@...wensteinmedical.de> wrote:
>>
>> If an ACPI SSDT overlay is loaded after built-in tables
>> have been loaded e.g. via configfs or efivar_ssdt_load()
>> it is necessary to rewalk the namespace to resolve
>> references. Without this, relative and absolute paths
>> like ^PCI0.SBUS or \_SB.PCI0.SBUS are not resolved
>> correctly.
>>
>> Make configfs load use the same method as efivar_ssdt_load().
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Nikolaus Voss <nikolaus.voss@...wensteinmedical.de>
>
> This is fine by me, so
>
> Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
>
> Or if you want me to take this patch (without the other two in the
> series), please let me know.

thanks. I think it would be the best if you take up this patch as it is an 
independent topic. In retrospect it wasn't a good idea to put it into this 
series.

Kind regards,
Niko

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