linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7] platform/x86: intel_pmc_core: Attach using APCI HID "INT33A1"

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Date:   Sat, 7 Sep 2019 20:41:57 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Rajat Jain <rajatja@...gle.com>
Cc:     Rajneesh Bhardwaj <rajneesh.bhardwaj@...el.com>,
        Vishwanath Somayaji <vishwanath.somayaji@...el.com>,
        Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...radead.org>,
        Platform Driver <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Rafael J Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>,
        Furquan Shaikh <furquan@...gle.com>,
        Evan Green <evgreen@...gle.com>,
        Rajat Jain <rajatxjain@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7] platform/x86: intel_pmc_core: Attach using APCI HID "INT33A1"

On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 1:44 AM Rajat Jain <rajatja@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 8:34 PM Rajat Jain <rajatja@...gle.com> wrote:
> >
> > Most modern platforms already have the ACPI device "INT33A1" that could
> > be used to attach to the driver. Switch the driver to using that and
> > thus make the intel_pmc_core.c a pure platform_driver.
> >
> > Some of the legacy platforms though, may still not have this ACPI device
> > in their ACPI tables. Thus for such platforms, move the code to manually
> > instantiate a platform_device into a new file of its own. This would
> > instantiate the intel_pmc_core platform device and thus attach to
> > the driver, if the ACPI device for the same ("INT33A1") is not present
> > in a system where it should be. This was discussed here:
> > https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg1966991.html
>
>
> HI Andy, Rajneesh, this seems to have fallen through the cracks. Any
> comments here on this patch?

% git tag --list v5.3* --contains b02f6a2ef0a1
v5.3-rc1

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko