From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.2 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8ACC8ECE58C for ; Fri, 11 Oct 2019 12:14:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60BAD21D7C for ; Fri, 11 Oct 2019 12:14:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727941AbfJKMOu (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Oct 2019 08:14:50 -0400 Received: from mga04.intel.com ([192.55.52.120]:18740 "EHLO mga04.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727198AbfJKMOt (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Oct 2019 08:14:49 -0400 X-Amp-Result: UNKNOWN X-Amp-Original-Verdict: FILE UNKNOWN X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from fmsmga001.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.23]) by fmsmga104.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 11 Oct 2019 05:14:49 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.67,284,1566889200"; d="scan'208";a="207416820" Received: from oham-mobl1.amr.corp.intel.com (HELO caravaggio) ([10.252.27.40]) by fmsmga001.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 11 Oct 2019 05:14:47 -0700 Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 14:14:47 +0200 From: Samuel Ortiz To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Cc: Len Brown , "Rafael J . Wysocki" , Linux Kernel Mailing List , ACPI Devel Maling List Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] acpi: Fail GED probe when not on hardware-reduced Message-ID: <20191011121447.GA4256@caravaggio> References: <20191009130433.29134-1-sameo@linux.intel.com> <20191009130433.29134-2-sameo@linux.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.12.1 (2019-06-15) Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 12:38:49PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 3:04 PM Samuel Ortiz wrote: > > > > The Generic Event Device (GED) is a hardware-reduced platform device. > > No, it is not AFAICS. It's a little confusing, I was not sure what's the common understanding and tried to be safe by not having non HW-reduced machines getting a new device that they've never seen so far. > The spec doesn't say that GED cannot be used on platforms that aren't > HW-reduced I agree. > and if evged.c is going to be built in unconditionally, the > kernel will be able to handle GED regardless. Ok, perfect then. Does that mean you're ok with the 2nd patch but are going to drop this one? Cheers, Samuel.