linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 03/17] ACPI: bus: Add acpi_riscv

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Date: Thu, 2 May 2024 15:32:25 +0530
From: Sunil V L <sunilvl@...tanamicro.com>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 03/17] ACPI: bus: Add acpi_riscv_init function

On Thu, May 02, 2024 at 12:24:14PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, May 01, 2024 at 05:47:28PM +0530, Sunil V L wrote:
> > Add a new function for RISC-V to do any architecture specific
> > initialization. This function will be used to create platform devices
> > like APLIC, PLIC, RISC-V IOMMU etc. This is similar to acpi_arm_init().
> 
> What is the special about this architecture that it requires a separate
> initialization that is _not_ going to be in other cases?
> Please, elaborate.
> 
This init function will be used to create GSI mapping structures and in
future may be others like iommu. Like I mentioned, ARM already has
similar function acpi_arm_init(). So, it is not new right?

Thanks,
Sunil