Re: [PATCH v6 2/7] ACPI: Make ACPI processor driver more extensible

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On 8 July 2015 at 18:21, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wednesday, July 08, 2015 05:46:45 PM Ashwin Chaugule wrote:
>> On 8 July 2015 at 16:46, Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Perhaps the confusion is coming from the introduction of ACPI_CST in
>> >> this file. I could leave it as it is and just separate out the
>> >> ACPI_PSS bits. But I figured, while I'm at it, I'd introduce ACPI_CST,
>> >> since we know the LPI stuff is coming up soon as a CST alternative
>> >> anyway. So if you prefer, I can drop the CST bits and maybe Sudeep can
>> >> address that as part of his LPI patchset?
>> >
>> > Yes, please.  That would be much less confusing.
>>
>> Deja Vu. :)
>>
>> When I let processor_driver and processor_idle compile on ARM64, I get
>> a bunch of errors because processor_idle.c contains a lot of X86
>> specific defines. That is why I'd created the ACPI_CST option which
>> we'd enable only on X86.
>>
>> I'm not entirely sure what these enums and functions should default
>> to, or what they should be on ARM specifically. Given that on ARM64
>> we're likely to use LPI as against CST, it seems the original approach
>> is better. Thoughts?
>
> Before we go anywhere deeper, have you checked what happens on ia64?

I dont have access, but I'm really not changing anything functionally.

Thanks,
Ashwin.
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