From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pavel Machek Subject: Re: [RFC] ACPI on arm64 TODO List Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 21:52:27 +0100 Message-ID: <20150105205227.GA24657@amd> References: <548F9668.6080900@linaro.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.26.193]:47276 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753811AbbAEUwb (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jan 2015 15:52:31 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <548F9668.6080900@linaro.org> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Al Stone Cc: "linaro-acpi@lists.linaro.org" , ACPI Devel Mailing List , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" , Olof Johansson , Catalin Marinas , "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Arnd Bergmann , "grant.likely@linaro.org" Hi! > Back in September 2014, a meeting was held at Linaro Connect where we > discussed what issues remained before the arm64 ACPI core patches could > be merged into the kernel, creating the TODO list below. I should have > published this list sooner; I got focused on trying to resolve some of > the issues instead. > > We have made some progress on all of these items. But, I want to make > sure we haven't missed something. Since this list was compiled by only > the people in the room at Connect, it is probable we have. I, for one, > do not yet claim omniscience. > > So, I want to ask the ARM and ACPI communities: > > -- Is this list correct? > > -- Is this list complete? I'm not sure this is how kernel development works. Expect new issues to be raised as patches are being reviewed. > 7. Why is ACPI required? > * Problem: > * arm64 maintainers still haven't been convinced that ACPI is > necessary. > * Why do hardware and OS vendors say ACPI is required? > * Status: Al & Grant collecting statements from OEMs to be posted > publicly early in the new year; firmware summit for broader > discussion planned. This should be #1 really, right? I still hope the answer is "ACPI not needed". Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html