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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 1/2] x86/acpi: add retrieval function for rsdp address
On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 5:02 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@kernel.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 4:04 PM, Andy Shevchenko
> <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 8:21 PM, Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com> wrote:
>>> On 26/01/18 19:08, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 4:36 PM, Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com> wrote:

>>>> The problem with weak functions that we can't have more than one
>>>> implementation per kernel while we would like to built several code
>>>> paths.
>>>>
>>>> I have stumbled on the similar stuff and realize that.
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps, one of the solution is to have an additional struct under
>>>> x86_init to alternate ACPI related stuff.
>>>
>>> I think we can go that route when another user of that interface is
>>> appearing.
>>
>> Why not to establish the struct? At least this route I would like to
>> go with [1].
>>
>> [1]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/1/17/834
>
> Maybe I'm a bit slow today, but care to explain what exactly you mean?

Instead of declaring function as __weak, establish a new struct for
ACPI related stubs and incorporate it into x86_init.

That is my proposal. I think I would go this way in my case where I
need to treat differently ACPI HW reduced initialization of legacy
devices.

--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko

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