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From: timur@codeaurora.org (Timur Tabi)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [Linaro-acpi] [PATCH v7 04/17] ARM64 / ACPI: Introduce early_param for "acpi" and pass acpi=force to enable ACPI
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 12:34:50 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <54CA7D4A.5090709@codeaurora.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKv+Gu_a6_zjt=MsRuQH2rr05XxDayy0gACtbPXZaDAyhWrigg@mail.gmail.com>

On 01/29/2015 12:28 PM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> The UEFI stub in the kernel uses the DTB file format (FDT) to pass
> information about the UEFI memory map and system table to the kernel.
> It does so even if there is no device tree that describes the
> platform. In this case, the file only contains a /chosen DT node, and
> nothing else, and it is up to the kernel to figure out that it can ask
> UEFI for a set of ACPI tables that it can use instead to configure the
> system. Otherwise, the /chosen node properties are added to a device
> tree that contains the full platform description.
>
> The problem is that we have to decide how to distinguish a
> conventional device tree DTB from a DTB that only exists to
> communicate the UEFI entry points.

Ah, that's exactly what I'm seeing.  The UEFI stub in our kernel 
generates a DTB, and therefore I always need to put acpi=force on our 
kernel command line.

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  reply	other threads:[~2015-01-29 18:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 156+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-01-14 15:04 [PATCH v7 00/17] Introduce ACPI for ARM64 based on ACPI 5.1 Hanjun Guo
2015-01-14 15:04 ` [PATCH v7 01/17] arm64: allow late use of early_ioremap Hanjun Guo
2015-01-15 18:44   ` Mark Langsdorf
2015-01-14 15:04 ` [PATCH v7 02/17] ARM64 / ACPI: Get RSDP and ACPI boot-time tables Hanjun Guo
2015-01-15 18:45   ` Mark Langsdorf
2015-01-14 15:04 ` [PATCH v7 03/17] ARM64 / ACPI: Introduce sleep-arm.c Hanjun Guo
2015-01-15 18:45   ` Mark Langsdorf
2015-01-14 15:04 ` [PATCH v7 04/17] ARM64 / ACPI: Introduce early_param for "acpi" and pass acpi=force to enable ACPI Hanjun Guo
2015-01-15 18:46   ` Mark Langsdorf
2015-01-19 11:42   ` Catalin Marinas
2015-01-19 11:55     ` Ard Biesheuvel
2015-01-19 13:51       ` Catalin Marinas
2015-01-19 14:00         ` Ard Biesheuvel
2015-01-19 14:22           ` Catalin Marinas
2015-01-19 15:13         ` Grant Likely
2015-01-19 16:59           ` Jon Masters
2015-01-19 17:52             ` Catalin Marinas
2015-01-19 18:01               ` Mark Rutland
2015-01-20  9:29                 ` Hanjun Guo
2015-01-20 10:56                   ` Catalin Marinas
2015-01-20 11:10                   ` Mark Rutland
2015-01-20 12:17                     ` Hanjun Guo
2015-01-20 12:31                     ` Leif Lindholm
2015-01-20 19:20                   ` Stefano Stabellini
2015-01-21  9:43                     ` Parth Dixit
2015-01-21 15:23                     ` Catalin Marinas
2015-01-21 15:29                       ` Jon Masters
2015-01-21 15:42                         ` Catalin Marinas
2015-01-21 15:56                           ` Graeme Gregory
2015-01-21 16:05                           ` Jon Masters
2015-01-21 16:16                             ` Catalin Marinas
2015-01-21 16:51                               ` Parth Dixit
2015-01-21 16:10                       ` Stefano Stabellini
2015-01-22 12:29                         ` Daniel Kiper
2015-01-28 17:58   ` [Linaro-acpi] " Timur Tabi
2015-01-28 18:08     ` Catalin Marinas
2015-01-28 18:08     ` Timur Tabi
2015-01-28 18:14       ` Catalin Marinas
2015-01-28 18:18         ` Timur Tabi
2015-01-29 15:19           ` Catalin Marinas
2015-01-29 18:20             ` Ard Biesheuvel
2015-01-29 18:21               ` Timur Tabi
2015-01-29 18:28                 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2015-01-29 18:34                   ` Timur Tabi [this message]
2015-01-29 18:44                     ` Jon Masters
2015-01-29 23:11                       ` Catalin Marinas
2015-01-29 23:16                         ` Jon Masters
2015-01-29 23:30                           ` Catalin Marinas
2015-01-30 11:13               ` Catalin Marinas
2015-01-30 14:48                 ` Timur Tabi
2015-01-30 15:12                   ` Ard Biesheuvel
2015-01-14 15:04 ` [PATCH v7 05/17] ARM64 / ACPI: If we chose to boot from acpi then disable FDT Hanjun Guo
2015-01-15 18:46   ` Mark Langsdorf
2015-01-19 11:45   ` Catalin Marinas
2015-01-14 15:04 ` [PATCH v7 06/17] ARM64 / ACPI: Make PCI optional for ACPI on ARM64 Hanjun Guo
2015-01-15 18:46   ` Mark Langsdorf
2015-01-16  9:49   ` Catalin Marinas
2015-01-18  6:25     ` Hanjun Guo
2015-01-18  6:31       ` Jon Masters
2015-01-18  6:46         ` Hanjun Guo
2015-01-18  9:29           ` Graeme Gregory
2015-01-18 12:32             ` Jon Masters
2015-01-19  4:26             ` Hanjun Guo
2015-01-19 10:37             ` Catalin Marinas
2015-01-19 10:42       ` Catalin Marinas
2015-01-20  2:39         ` Hanjun Guo
2015-01-20 11:00           ` Catalin Marinas
2015-01-20 11:56             ` Hanjun Guo
2015-01-20 12:26             ` [Linaro-acpi] " Tomasz Nowicki
2015-01-20 15:10               ` Catalin Marinas
2015-01-14 15:04 ` [PATCH v7 07/17] ARM64 / ACPI: Disable ACPI if FADT revision is less than 5.1 Hanjun Guo
2015-01-15 18:47   ` Mark Langsdorf
2015-01-16 14:33   ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2015-01-18  5:49     ` Hanjun Guo
2015-01-19 11:50   ` Catalin Marinas
2015-01-20  3:05     ` Hanjun Guo
2015-01-14 15:04 ` [PATCH v7 08/17] ARM64 / ACPI: Get PSCI flags in FADT for PSCI init Hanjun Guo
2015-01-15 18:47   ` Mark Langsdorf
2015-01-14 15:04 ` [PATCH v7 09/17] ACPI / table: Print GIC information when MADT is parsed Hanjun Guo
2015-01-15 18:47   ` Mark Langsdorf
2015-01-14 15:04 ` [PATCH v7 10/17] ARM64 / ACPI: Parse MADT for SMP initialization Hanjun Guo
2015-01-15 18:48   ` Mark Langsdorf
2015-01-16 18:18   ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2015-01-20 13:09     ` Hanjun Guo
2015-01-20 15:16       ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2015-01-14 15:04 ` [PATCH v7 11/17] ACPI / processor: Make it possible to get CPU hardware ID via GICC Hanjun Guo
2015-01-15 18:48   ` Mark Langsdorf
2015-01-20 11:17   ` Catalin Marinas
2015-01-20 12:26     ` Hanjun Guo
2015-01-20 16:16   ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2015-01-14 15:05 ` [PATCH v7 12/17] ARM64 / ACPI: Introduce ACPI_IRQ_MODEL_GIC and register device's gsi Hanjun Guo
2015-01-15 18:48   ` Mark Langsdorf
2015-01-16 10:45   ` Marc Zyngier
2015-01-14 15:05 ` [PATCH v7 13/17] ARM64 / ACPI: Add GICv2 specific ACPI boot support Hanjun Guo
2015-01-15 18:50   ` Mark Langsdorf
2015-01-16 11:15   ` Marc Zyngier
2015-01-16 13:54     ` Grant Likely
2015-01-16 14:37       ` Marc Zyngier
2015-01-22 12:46         ` Hanjun Guo
2015-01-22 14:46           ` Marc Zyngier
2015-01-23  9:38             ` Hanjun Guo
2015-01-27 16:12         ` Grant Likely
2015-01-29 15:29           ` Catalin Marinas
2015-01-29 16:06             ` Tomasz Nowicki
2015-01-20 10:40     ` Tomasz Nowicki
2015-01-20 13:05       ` Jon Masters
2015-01-14 15:05 ` [PATCH v7 14/17] ARM64 / ACPI: Parse GTDT to initialize arch timer Hanjun Guo
2015-01-15 18:50   ` Mark Langsdorf
2015-01-14 15:05 ` [PATCH v7 15/17] ARM64 / ACPI: Select ACPI_REDUCED_HARDWARE_ONLY if ACPI is enabled on ARM64 Hanjun Guo
2015-01-15 18:50   ` Mark Langsdorf
2015-01-14 15:05 ` [PATCH v7 16/17] ARM64 / ACPI: Enable ARM64 in Kconfig Hanjun Guo
2015-01-15 18:50   ` Mark Langsdorf
2015-01-14 15:05 ` [PATCH v7 17/17] Documentation: ACPI for ARM64 Hanjun Guo
2015-01-15 18:54   ` Mark Langsdorf
2015-01-15 16:26 ` [PATCH v7 00/17] Introduce ACPI for ARM64 based on ACPI 5.1 Grant Likely
2015-01-15 18:23   ` Catalin Marinas
2015-01-15 19:02     ` Mark Brown
2015-01-15 20:04       ` Jason Cooper
2015-01-15 20:31         ` Mark Brown
2015-01-15 20:51           ` Jason Cooper
2015-01-16 11:49             ` Mark Brown
2015-01-16  7:24           ` Hanjun Guo
2015-01-16 10:10         ` Catalin Marinas
2015-01-16 12:05           ` Mark Brown
2015-01-16 12:29             ` Will Deacon
2015-01-16 16:54               ` Mark Brown
2015-01-18  6:36           ` Hanjun Guo
2015-01-15 21:31     ` Al Stone
2015-01-15 21:38       ` Jon Masters
2015-01-16 10:20       ` Catalin Marinas
2015-01-16 15:17         ` [Linaro-acpi] " Al Stone
2015-01-16 15:23           ` Al Stone
2015-01-16 15:44           ` Suravee Suthikulpanit
2015-01-16  7:17     ` Hanjun Guo
2015-01-16 10:04       ` Catalin Marinas
2015-01-16 14:45       ` Tom Lendacky
2015-01-16 14:55         ` Will Deacon
2015-01-16 15:14           ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-01-16 15:25             ` Catalin Marinas
2015-01-16 15:33             ` Will Deacon
2015-01-16 15:40               ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-01-16 15:43                 ` [Linaro-acpi] " Arnd Bergmann
2015-01-16 15:49                 ` Will Deacon
2015-01-16 15:53                   ` [Linaro-acpi] " Arnd Bergmann
2015-01-17 17:53                     ` Rob Herring
2015-01-16 17:12                   ` Tom Lendacky
2015-01-16 15:16           ` Tom Lendacky
2015-01-16 16:29     ` Grant Likely
2015-01-16 17:20       ` [Linaro-acpi] " Arnd Bergmann
2015-01-17 11:52       ` Catalin Marinas
2015-01-15 18:58 ` Jon Masters
2015-01-15 19:49 ` Mark Langsdorf
2015-01-16  8:37   ` Hanjun Guo
2015-01-15 21:33 ` Suravee Suthikulanit
2015-01-27 17:46 ` Timur Tabi
2015-01-28 13:53   ` Hanjun Guo

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