Hi Rafael, On 18 March 2016 at 12:22, Fu Wei <fu.wei@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Rafael, > > Great thanks for your feedback! > > On 18 March 2016 at 08:41, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Thursday, March 17, 2016 10:07:30 AM Timur Tabi wrote: >>> fu.wei@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: >>> > From: Fu Wei <fu.wei@xxxxxxxxxx> >>> > >>> > This patchset: >>> > (1)Move some enums and marcos to header file for arm_arch_timer, >>> > improve the pr_* code by defining "pr_fmt(fmt)" in arm_arch_timer.c >>> > >>> > (2)Introduce ACPI GTDT parser: drivers/acpi/gtdt.c >>> > Parse all kinds of timer in GTDT table of ACPI:arch timer, >>> > memory-mapped timer and SBSA Generic Watchdog timer. >>> > This driver can help to simplify all the relevant timer drivers, >>> > and separate all the ACPI GTDT knowledge from them. >>> > >>> > (3)Simplify ACPI code for arch timer in arm_arch_timer.c >>> > >>> > (4)Add memory-mapped timer support in arm_arch_timer.c >>> >>> The SBSA watchdog driver is already in watchdog-next and will be merged >>> into 4.6. These five patches are necessary for the watchdog driver to >>> probe on an ACPI system. >>> >>> I'm guessing since that v4 was posted in the middle of the 4.6 merge >>> window, that these patches won't make it and we'll have to wait until >>> 4.7 (at the earliest)? >> >> First off, the last version I've seen is the v3. I must have overlooked >> the v4 then, but I don't think it was CCed to linux-acpi (which should >> have happened). > > Sorry for this, That is my fault. I updated the script of git-send-email for > sending the v4 patchset, but lost a space between two "--cc". :-( I have re-posted the v4 patchset: https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/3/18/80 > >> >> Second, these patches require review from multiple maintainers and (or including) >> people who actually know how the GTDT is supposed to be used. I haven't >> seen any responses from any of them yet, so the answer to your question is >> "yes". >> >> I will have a couple of comments for patch [1/6] (in the v3), but it's >> not been a priority due to the apparent overall lack of interest in this >> series. > > Since this device is a generic watchdog for ARM server, it is(will be) used > in a lot of chips. So I think many people are interested in it. They > haven't provided > any feedback, maybe due to my "--cc" mistake, or busy on something > else now. :-( > > I would like to learn your comments for patch [1/6] , then improve my > v4, post v5 > ASAP. > > This patchset includes GTDT and memory-mapped timer patches, because my > memory-mapped timer patches depends on GTDT. > But maybe we can upstream GTDT separately? > > any suggestion? > > Thanks for your help! > > >> >> Thanks, >> Rafael >> > > > > -- > Best regards, > > Fu Wei > Software Engineer > Red Hat Software (Beijing) Co.,Ltd.Shanghai Branch > Ph: +86 21 61221326(direct) > Ph: +86 186 2020 4684 (mobile) > Room 1512, Regus One Corporate Avenue,Level 15, > One Corporate Avenue,222 Hubin Road,Huangpu District, > Shanghai,China 200021 -- Best regards, Fu Wei Software Engineer Red Hat Software (Beijing) Co.,Ltd.Shanghai Branch Ph: +86 21 61221326(direct) Ph: +86 186 2020 4684 (mobile) Room 1512, Regus One Corporate Avenue,Level 15, One Corporate Avenue,222 Hubin Road,Huangpu District, Shanghai,China 200021 -- 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
