linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] ACPI updates for v5.14-rc1

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Date:   Wed, 30 Jun 2021 22:27:06 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] ACPI updates for v5.14-rc1

On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 07:19:05PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> What about the following help text (white space damage by gmail)?
> 
> ---
>  drivers/acpi/Kconfig |   10 ++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> 
> Index: linux-pm/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
> +++ linux-pm/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
> @@ -548,3 +548,13 @@ config ACPI_PRMT
>      bool "Platform Runtime Mechanism Support"
>      depends on EFI && X86_64
>      default y
> +    help
> +      Platform Runtime Mechanism (PRM) is a firmware interface exposing a
> +      set of binary executables that can be called from the AML interpreter
> +      or directly from device drivers.
> +
> +      Say Y to enable the AML interpreter to execute the PRM code.
> +
> +      While this feature is optional in principle, leaving it out may
> +      substantially increase computational overhead related to the
> +      initialization of some server systems.

Thanks, much better!

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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