Re: [PATCH v3 0/8] ACPI: Buffer property and reference as string support

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On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 3:01 PM Sakari Ailus
<sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> This set adds support for _DSD buffer properties (specified by DSD Guide
> <URL:https://github.com/UEFI/DSD-Guide/blob/main/dsd-guide.md>) as well as
> support for references as strings. Reference property type was previously
> supported for device objects only, whereas string references enable
> referencing also _DSD sub-node objects --- also included in the set.
>
> The ACPICA patch has been submitted to upstream but not merged yet.
>
> This set currently prepares for data node string reference support and
> does not add it anymore.
>
> since v2:
>
> - Use C99 _Generic() in patch unifying reading integer arrays.
>
> since v1:
>
> - Drop the ACPICA, data node child list initialisation and data node
>   string reference patches.
>
> Sakari Ailus (8):
>   ACPI: property: Return type of acpi_add_nondev_subnodes() should be
>     bool
>   ACPI: property: Tie data nodes to acpi handles
>   ACPI: property: Use acpi_object_type consistently in property ref
>     parsing
>   ACPI: property: Move property ref argument parsing into a new function
>   ACPI: property: Switch node property referencing from ifs to a switch
>   ACPI: property: Unify integer value reading functions
>   ACPI: property: Add support for parsing buffer property UUID
>   ACPI: property: Read buffer properties as integers
>
>  drivers/acpi/property.c | 462 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
>  include/acpi/acpi_bus.h |   3 +-
>  include/linux/acpi.h    |   2 +-
>  3 files changed, 315 insertions(+), 152 deletions(-)
>
> --

FYI, I'm expecting a v4 of this series to be sent.



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