Re: [PATCH v9 21/21] ARM64 / ACPI: additions of ACPI documentation for arm64

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Hi Shannon,

On 2015年02月27日 19:22, Shannon Zhao wrote:
On 2015/2/25 16:40, Hanjun Guo wrote:
+Not yet implemented are:
+
+	-- Section 10: power source and power meter devices
+
+	-- Section 11: thermal management
+
+	-- Section 12: embedded controllers interface
+
+	-- Section 13: SMBus interfaces
+
+	-- Section 17: NUMA support (prototypes have been submitted for
+	   review)
+


Here at the end of the file. Redundant blank line.

+ACPI is also important because hardware and OS vendors have already worked
+out how to use it to support the general purpose ecosystem. The infrastructure
+is in place, the bindings are in place, and the process is in place. DT does
+exactly what we need it to when working with vertically integrated devices,
+but we don’t have good processes for supporting what the server vendors need.
+We could potentially get there with DT, but doing so doesn’t buy us anything.
+ACPI already does what the hardware vendors need, Microsoft won’t collaborate
+with us on DT, and the hardware vendors would still need to provide two
+completely separate firmware interface; one for Linux and one for Windows.
+

And Here at the end of the file. Redundant blank line.

Thanks a lot for the pointer, I will update it :)

Regards
Hanjun
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