Re: [PATCH V4 2/3] Revert "ACPI,PCI,IRQ: remove SCI penalize function"

[Sinan Kaya]

On 10/21/2016 7:45 AM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> [1] http://marc.info/?l=linux-acpi&m=145580159209240&w=2)
> 
>> > Acked-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Wait a minute, I still have a question here: what about other ACPI
> arches (ia64, arm64)?  Don't they need to call acpi_penalize_sci_irq()
> somewhere?
> 

ACPI ARM64 architecture implements reduced ACPI profile which doesn't
have GED object. Instead, ARM64 architecture uses onchip peripherals
for similar functionality. If there is a need to signal interrupts,
this is done by ACPI Notify in ASL or if absolutely needed using
ACPI Generic Event Device (GED).

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