| Date | Fri, 27 Feb 2015 19:22:45 +0800 | From | Shannon Zhao <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v9 21/21] ARM64 / ACPI: additions of ACPI documentation for arm64 |
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On 2015/2/25 16:40, Hanjun Guo wrote: > +Not yet implemented are: > + > + -- Section 10: power source and power meter devices > + > + -- Section 11: thermal management > + > + -- Section 12: embedded controllers interface > + > + -- Section 13: SMBus interfaces > + > + -- Section 17: NUMA support (prototypes have been submitted for > + review) > + >
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> +ACPI is also important because hardware and OS vendors have already worked > +out how to use it to support the general purpose ecosystem. The infrastructure > +is in place, the bindings are in place, and the process is in place. DT does > +exactly what we need it to when working with vertically integrated devices, > +but we don’t have good processes for supporting what the server vendors need. > +We could potentially get there with DT, but doing so doesn’t buy us anything. > +ACPI already does what the hardware vendors need, Microsoft won’t collaborate > +with us on DT, and the hardware vendors would still need to provide two > +completely separate firmware interface; one for Linux and one for Windows. > +
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-- Thanks, Shannon
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