netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v8 00/15] ACPI support for dpaa2 driver

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Message-ID: <CAJZ5v0iNTaFQuZZid77qTpfbs-4YdDgZdcC+rt4+mXV9f=OpTA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 10 Jun 2021 20:25:33 +0200
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To:     Jon Nettleton <jon@...id-run.com>
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Ioana Ciornei <ciorneiioana@...il.com>,
        Grant Likely <grant.likely@....com>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@....com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
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        Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v8 00/15] ACPI support for dpaa2 driver

On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 7:51 PM Jon Nettleton <jon@...id-run.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 6:56 PM Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 07:39:02PM +0300, Ioana Ciornei wrote:
> > > From: Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>
> > >
> > > This patch set provides ACPI support to DPAA2 network drivers.
> >
> > Just to be clear and avoid confusion, there is a standing NACK against
> > this patchset. Please see the discussion here:
> >
> > https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-acpi/patch/20200715090400.4733-2-calvin.johnson@oss.nxp.com/#23518385
> >
> > So far, i've not seen any indication the issues raised there have been
> > resolved. I don't see any Acked-by from an ACPI maintainer. So this
> > code remains NACKed.
>
> Andrew,
>
> The ACPI maintainers did bless the use of the ACPI standards followed
> in this patchset, and their only abstinence from ACK'ing the patchset
> was whether the code was used in production systems.  Well currently,
> not only have we, SolidRun, been using this patchset and the associated
> ACPI tables in our SystemsReady certified firmware for the HoneyComb,
> but we also have customers using this same patchset and firmware on
> their systems rolled out to customers.
>
> Additionally we have an entire new product line based on Marvell's
> Armada CN913x series, which also needs this patchset to be fully
> functional.
>
> I am quite certain this is more than enough production systems using
> this ACPI description method for networking to progress this patchset
> forward.

And I believe that you have all of the requisite ACKs from the ACPI
side now, so it is up to the networking guys to decide what to do
next.

Thanks,
Rafael