linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPI: acenv: Permit compilation from within the kernel

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdYUzYxV+NY=mymXP59mt9msTUvSXM__f+4qRM+_xjX0Nw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 14 Nov 2023 21:20:14 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Sam Edwards <cfsworks@...il.com>
Cc:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        Robert Moore <robert.moore@...el.com>,
        Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>,
        Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Hanjun Guo <guohanjun@...wei.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, acpica-devel@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI: acenv: Permit compilation from within the kernel

On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 7:09 PM Sam Edwards <cfsworks@...il.com> wrote:

> I am not an ACPI subsystem maintainer, but my understanding is that the
> files in include/acpi/ are copied verbatim from ACPICA, so any change to
> those files will have to be sent to the ACPICA project and wouldn't be
> accepted here.
>
> More likely, we'd want to do something about the circular-include
> situation between linux/fw_table.h<->linux/acpi.h.

I agree but I have no idea how to fix that really, should I just send
a revert instead so the authors can get some time to figure it out?

Yours,
Linus Walleij