On Fri, Dec 2, 2022 at 1:50 PM Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 02, 2022 at 12:21:12PM +0100, Hans de Goede wrote: > > On 12/2/22 11:54, Laurent Pinchart wrote: ... > > Note the need for an index -> name map is standard for all GPIOs > > on ACPI platforms. > > It's funny how ARM platforms were criticized for their need of board > files, with x86/ACPI being revered as a saint. Now we have DT on ARM and > x86 needs board files :-) I believe it's a misunderstanding here due to missing words at Hans' statement, i..e. "..., which do not provide the descriptions in _DSD() method." So, no, x86 does not need board files generally speaking. The problem here is some departments of some big companies that didn't get ACPI properly or at all. -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
