From: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
To: "Moore, Robert" <robert.moore@intel.com>
Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>, linux-acpi <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: ACPICA version 20120518 linuxized patches
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 10:18:10 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAF1ivSa_fc9a=+qphxVHQxk9pcM3WQdi-sdo4wsMXoS8jMuKBQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <94F2FBAB4432B54E8AACC7DFDE6C92E346ACD057@ORSMSX101.amr.corp.intel.com>
On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 3:00 AM, Moore, Robert <robert.moore@intel.com> wrote:
> We've tried to be very careful about not including compiler-only code into kernel code.
>
> I'm not entirely sure why patches 1,2, and 3 are applied against Linux. Perhaps Ming can answer this, or I'll take a look at the patches.
That is because the patches also changed the core code.
drivers/acpi/acpica/dsfield.c
include/acpi/actypes.h
drivers/acpi/acpica/utmisc.c
So we need to apply them to avoid divergence problem.
Lin Ming
>
> Bob
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Len Brown [mailto:lenb417@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Len Brown
>> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 8:57 AM
>> To: Lin, Ming M
>> Cc: Moore, Robert; linux-acpi
>> Subject: Re: ACPICA version 20120518 linuxized patches
>>
>> On 05/22/2012 04:52 AM, Lin Ming wrote:
>>
>> > Hi Len,
>> >
>> > ACPICA version 20120518 linuxized patches attached.
>> >
>> > [PATCH 1/6] ACPICA: Disassembler: Add support for Operation Region
>> > externals [PATCH 2/6] ACPICA: ACPI 5/iASL: Add support for PCC
>> keyword
>> > [PATCH 3/6] ACPICA: iASL: Improved pathname support [PATCH 4/6]
>> > ACPICA: Remove argument of acpi_os_wait_events_complete [PATCH 5/6]
>> > ACPICA: Add FADT error message for GAS BitWidth overflow [PATCH 6/6]
>> > ACPICA: Update to version 20120518
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Lin Ming
>>
>>
>> Applied.
>>
>> I is great that the compiler and interpreter share the same code.
>> However, there is also the risk of building dead compiler code into the
>> kernel. We should probably do an analysis of that...
>>
>> thanks,
>> Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center
>
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2012-05-22 8:52 ACPICA version 20120518 linuxized patches Lin Ming
2012-06-01 15:56 ` Len Brown
2012-06-01 19:00 ` Moore, Robert
2012-06-04 2:18 ` Lin Ming [this message]
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