Re: [PATCH v4 26/28] PCI, x86, ACPI: Link acpi ioapic register to ioapic

[rui wang]

On 8/27/13, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 5:51 PM, rui wang <ruiv.wang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 8/11/13, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> During ioapic hotplug, acpi_register_ioapic will be called.
>>> Now for x86, that function is blank.
>>> Fill that will update __mp_register_ioapic to use those ioapic.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>>  arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c | 10 ++++++----
>>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
>>> index 5be15d1..4a5336d 100644
>>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
>>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
>>> @@ -707,16 +707,18 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_unmap_lsapic);
>>>
>>>  int acpi_register_ioapic(acpi_handle handle, u64 phys_addr, u32
>>> gsi_base)
>>>  {
>>> -     /* TBD */
>>> -     return -EINVAL;
>>> +     unsigned long long id = 0;
>>> +
>>> +     acpi_evaluate_integer(handle, "_UID", NULL, &id);
>>
>> We cannot assume that "_UID" is an integer. "_UID" can be either an
>> integer or a string. Need to consider the case when it is a string.
>
> Yes.
>
> But do you have test case for ioapic that _UID is not integer?
>

Yes I have an IOAPIC with an _UID of:

        Name (_UID, "IOAPIC01")  // _UID: Unique ID

It's a bit challenge how you'll conjure unique identifiers from both
integers and strings. If you have a new patch I can help try it out.

Thanks
Rui

> Thanks
>
> Yinghai
>
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/