Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Feb 2015 22:19:59 +0800 | From | Hanjun Guo <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v9 21/21] ARM64 / ACPI: additions of ACPI documentation for arm64 |
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Hi Shannon,
On 2015年02月27日 19:22, Shannon Zhao wrote: > 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) >> + >> > > Here at the end of the file. Redundant blank line. > >> +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. >> + > > And Here at the end of the file. Redundant blank line.
Thanks a lot for the pointer, I will update it :)
Regards Hanjun
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