Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] ACPI / processor : add support for ACPI0010 processor container

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On Wednesday, December 02, 2015 02:10:42 PM Sudeep Holla wrote:
> ACPI 6.0 adds support for optional processor container device which may
> contain child objects that are either processor devices or other processor
> containers. This allows representing hierarchical processor topologies.
> 
> It is declared using the _HID of ACPI0010. It is an abstract container
> used to represent CPU topology and should not be used to hotplug
> purposes.
> 
> This patch enables the support for these ACPI processor containers and
> ensures the generic container/module devices are not created for them.

I wouldn't say that it "enables the support".  What it actually does is
to prevent platform devices from being created for processor container
objects.

I can apply it right away with this changelog modification, though.

Thanks,
Rafael

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