On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 3:03 AM Alex Hung <alex.hung@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> ACPI 6.3 Errata A no longer allows _UID to be string except Itanium
> for historical reasons as stated in section 5.2.12. Therefore, it is
> redundant to comment "we don't handle string _UIDs yet" which implies a
> feature is missing.
>
> "From ACPI Specification 6.3 onward, all processor objects for all
> architectures except Itanium must now use Device() objects with an _HID
> of ACPI0007, and use only integer _UID values."
>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Hung <alex.hung@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c | 1 -
> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c
> index b51ddf3..710605f 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c
> @@ -264,7 +264,6 @@ static int acpi_processor_get_info(struct acpi_device *device)
> } else {
> /*
> * Declared with "Device" statement; match _UID.
> - * Note that we don't handle string _UIDs yet.
> */
> status = acpi_evaluate_integer(pr->handle, METHOD_NAME__UID,
> NULL, &value);
> --
Applied as 5.10-rc material with edited changelog and subject, thanks!
