On 10/09/15 10:03, Hanjun Guo wrote: > On 09/08/2015 09:19 PM, Hanjun Guo wrote: >> Hi Marc, >> >> Sorry for the late response for quite a while... >> >> On 09/05/2015 01:06 AM, Marc Zyngier wrote: >>> IRQ controllers and timers are the two types of device the kernel >>> requires before being able to use the device driver model. >>> >>> ACPI so far lacks a proper probing infrastructure similar to the one >>> we have with DT, where we're able to declare IRQ chips and >>> clocksources inside the driver code, and let the core code pick it up >>> and call us back on a match. This leads to all kind of really ugly >>> hacks all over the arm64 code and even in the ACPI layer. >>> >>> It turns out that providing such a probing infrastructure is rather >>> easy, and provides a much deserved cleanup in both the arch code, the >>> GIC driver, and the architected timer driver. >>> >>> I'm sure there is some more code to be deleted, and one can only >>> wonder why this wasn't done before the arm64 code was initially merged >>> (the diffstat says it all...). >>> >>> Patches are against v4.2, and a branch is available at >>> >>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/maz/arm-platforms.git >>> acpi/device-probing > > I pulled, and noticed that there is v2, it's cleaner than v1 for the > patch 1/5 to me :) > >> >> Great thanks to cleanup these stuff, I will test >> this patch set and review it, will get back to you >> if I get anything. > > I tested the v2 and it boots pretty happy as before, if > you post to maillist, > > Tested-by: Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@xxxxxxxxxx> > Reviewed-by: Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@xxxxxxxxxx> I'm still working on v2, so I'm afraid this is still a bit premature. Thanks, M. -- Jazz is not dead. It just smells funny... -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
