Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] ACPI / processor : add support for ACPI0010 processor container

[Sudeep Holla]

On 16/02/16 20:10, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 02, 2015 02:10:42 PM Sudeep Holla wrote:
> > ACPI 6.0 adds support for optional processor container device which may
> > contain child objects that are either processor devices or other processor
> > containers. This allows representing hierarchical processor topologies.
> >
> > It is declared using the _HID of ACPI0010. It is an abstract container
> > used to represent CPU topology and should not be used to hotplug
> > purposes.
> >
> > This patch enables the support for these ACPI processor containers and
> > ensures the generic container/module devices are not created for them.
>
> I wouldn't say that it "enables the support".  What it actually does is
> to prevent platform devices from being created for processor container
> objects.
>
> I can apply it right away with this changelog modification, though.

Ah my mistake, didn't change the log message from first version.
Will post the patch with update log, you can change it further if required.

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Regards,
Sudeep