linux-kernel - Re: [External] Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] riscv: obtain ACPI RSDP from FFI.

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Message-ID: <20230703-operation-mankind-778882d8d350@wendy>
Date:   Mon, 3 Jul 2023 15:23:07 +0100
From:   Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.com>
To:     Andrew Jones <ajones@...tanamicro.com>
CC:     运辉崔 <cuiyunhui@...edance.com>,
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Subject: Re: [External] Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] riscv: obtain ACPI RSDP from FFI.

On Mon, Jul 03, 2023 at 04:17:07PM +0200, Andrew Jones wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 03, 2023 at 09:30:10PM +0800, 运辉崔 wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 3, 2023 at 9:01 PM Andrew Jones <ajones@...tanamicro.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > (This is a reply to a non-existent cover letter.)
> > 
> > This has been discussed many times with Ard, Please refer to :
> > https://patches.linaro.org/project/linux-acpi/patch/20230426034001.16-1-cuiyunhui@bytedance.com/
> 
> There's nothing in that thread that convinces me this is a good idea.
> Indeed, afaict from that thread, Ard nacked this. It was only when it
> was suggested that arch/riscv would own the code, that he stopped
> complaining about it. I wouldn't call that an endorsement.

In fact, he expressly said that it would then be up to the RISC-V
maintainers as to what to do:
	But please check with the RISC-V maintainers
	if they are up for this, and whether they want to see this mechanism
	contributed to one of the pertinent specifications.


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