Re: About 2 ACPICA table patches

[Octavian Purdila]

On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Zheng, Lv <lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi, Octavian
>

Hi Lv,

> I noticed there are 2 patches you've sent to the community.
> But unfortunately I didn't find them in my mailbox.
> Let me comment you here.
>
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/5501621/
> This patch seem to be correct.
> But Rafael should merge it directly via Linux because acpi_unload_table_id() is not in the ACPICA upstream.

OK, thanks for letting me know. Rafel, does the patch look ok to you?

> We expect the OSPMs to use acpi_unload_parent_table() instead.
> I have a divergences reduction series to achieve the transition.
> But they are pending for review for almost half a year.
> If you have an environment to test.
> Could you help to test this again?
> I can prepare the patchset for you.
>

Sure, if you can point me to the patch-set I can test it on my setup.

> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/5501561/
> This patch is correct, I've put it in the 201501 ACPICA release materials for review:
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/5501621/
> The patch can be found at:
> https://github.com/zetalog/acpica/commit/281ff873
> So if it is merged, you'll see it in the upstream after 201501 ACPICA release cycle.
> And hence Linux trees doesn't need to merge this patch directly.
>

Thanks,
Tavi
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