Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] acpi, spcr: Make SPCR avialable to other architectures

[Lorenzo Pieralisi]

On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 08:08:08AM -0600, Timur Tabi wrote:
> On 12/14/17 4:30 AM, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote:
> >>I didn't want to put any ACPI code in amba-pl011.c, so putting it in spcr.c
> >>made the most sense.  I agree the global variable is ugly.  If you have a
> >>better idea, I'm all ears.
> 
> >I told you my idea. It could have been made easier by reusing the
> >ACPI_DECLARE_PROBE_ENTRY() mechanism.
> 
> Sorry, I don't mean to be difficult, but when did you tell *me* this idea of
> yours?  I don't see any email from you to me that mentions

I said that IMO it would have been better if the quirk was managed in
amba-pl011.c - you had your reasons not to do it, end of the story.

> ACPI_DECLARE_PROBE_ENTRY().  I've never even heard of that macro before.
> Please note that I'm not the original author of this code.

It is what it is, let's move on, we will keep this in mind if a similar
quirk is required.

Thanks,
Lorenzo