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

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Date:   Thu, 10 Jun 2021 19:27:53 +0100
From:   Grant Likely <grant.likely@....com>
To:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Jon Nettleton <jon@...id-run.com>
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Ioana Ciornei <ciorneiioana@...il.com>,
        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>,
        Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Marcin Wojtas <mw@...ihalf.com>,
        Pieter Jansen Van Vuuren <pieter.jansenvv@...boosystems.io>,
        Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Calvin Johnson <calvin.johnson@....com>,
        Cristi Sovaiala <cristian.sovaiala@....com>,
        Florin Laurentiu Chiculita <florinlaurentiu.chiculita@....com>,
        Madalin Bucur <madalin.bucur@....com>,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Diana Madalina Craciun <diana.craciun@....com>,
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        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux.cj" <linux.cj@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Laurentiu Tudor <laurentiu.tudor@....com>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>,
        "nd@....com" <nd@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v8 00/15] ACPI support for dpaa2 driver

On 10/06/2021 19:25, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> 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.

You've also my ACK as emeritus Devicetree maintainer. It is well past 
time for this series to get merged.

g.