linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPI: PPTT: Inform user that table offset used for Physical processor node ID

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Date:   Thu, 2 Apr 2020 14:08:50 +0100
From:   Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
To:     John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>
Cc:     rjw@...ysocki.net, lenb@...nel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jeremy.linton@....com,
        linuxarm@...wei.com, wanghuiqiang@...wei.com,
        Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI: PPTT: Inform user that table offset used for
 Physical processor node ID

(I see 2 copies of this patch, replying on the latest)

On Thu, Apr 02, 2020 at 08:22:25PM +0800, John Garry wrote:
> If the the Processor ID valid is not set for a Physical Processor Package
> node, then the node table offset is used as a substitute. As such, we
> may get info like this from sysfs:
>
> root@(none)$ pwd
> /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/topology
> root@(none)$ more physical_package_id
> 56
>
> Inform the user of this in the bootlog, as it is much less than ideal, and
> they can remedy this in their FW.
>
> This topic was originally discussed in:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-acpi/c325cfe2-7dbf-e341-7f0f-081b6545e890@huawei.com/T/#m0ec18637d8586f832084a8a6af22580e6174669a
>

Acked-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>

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Regards,
Sudeep