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SubjectRe: [UPDATE] [PATCH v3 1/5] ACPI / processor : add support for ACPI0010 processor container
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On Wednesday, February 17, 2016 11:54:19 AM 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.
>
> If no matching handler is found for a device in acpi_scan_attach_handler,
> acpi_bus_attach does a default enumeration for those devices with valid
> HID in the acpi namespace. This patch adds a scan handler for these ACPI
> processor containers to avoid default that enumeration and ensures the
> platform devices are not created for them.
>
> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net>
> Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com>

Queued up for 4.6, thanks!

Rafael

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