On Tuesday, January 14, 2014 12:09:08 PM joeyli wrote:
> 於 日，2014-01-12 於 01:30 +0100，Rafael J. Wysocki 提到：
> > OK
> >
> > I don't see any adverse effects of the patch below on a couple of my
> > test
> > boxes, but (a) they are Intel-based and (b) they are non-EFI, so it
> > would be
> > good to give it a go on as many machines as reasonably possible.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Rafael
> >
> > ---
> > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: ACPI / init: Run acpi_early_init() before
> > efi_enter_virtual_mode()
> >
> > According to Matt Fleming, if acpi_early_init() was executed befpre
> > efi_enter_virtual_mode(), the EFI initialization could benefit from
> > it, so make that happen.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > init/main.c | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > Index: linux-pm/init/main.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- linux-pm.orig/init/main.c
> > +++ linux-pm/init/main.c
> > @@ -615,6 +615,7 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void
> > calibrate_delay();
> > pidmap_init();
> > anon_vma_init();
> > + acpi_early_init();
> > #ifdef CONFIG_X86
> > if (efi_enabled(EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES))
> > efi_enter_virtual_mode();
> > @@ -641,7 +642,6 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void
> >
> > check_bugs();
> >
> > - acpi_early_init(); /* before LAPIC and SMP init */
> > sfi_init_late();
> >
> > if (efi_enabled(EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES)) {
> >
> >
> >
>
> This patch works to me on Acer Gateway Z5WT2 UEFI notebook and Intel
> UEFI development board.
>
> Does it possible move acpi_early_init() to before timekeeping_init()?
We can do that if it doesn't cause any problems to happen.
Please resubmit your patch with a changelog and we'll ask everyone to try it.
Thanks!
> The position is also before efi_enter_virtual_mode() and that will be
> useful for parsing ACPI TAD to set system clock:
>
> diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
> index febc511..b6d93c8 100644
> --- a/init/main.c
> +++ b/init/main.c
> @@ -565,6 +565,7 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void)
> init_timers();
> hrtimers_init();
> softirq_init();
> + acpi_early_init();
> timekeeping_init();
> time_init();
> sched_clock_postinit();
> @@ -641,7 +642,6 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void)
>
> check_bugs();
>
> - acpi_early_init(); /* before LAPIC and SMP init */
> sfi_init_late();
>
> if (efi_enabled(EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES)) {
>
>
> Thanks a lot!
> Joey Lee
>
--
I speak only for myself.
Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.
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