From: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux-lFZ/pmaqli7XmaaqVzeoHQ@public.gmane.org> To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org> Cc: Olof Johansson <olof-nZhT3qVonbNeoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org>, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org>, Grant Likely <grant.likely-s3s/WqlpOiPyB63q8FvJNQ@public.gmane.org>, "devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org" <devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>, "linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org" <linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org> Subject: Re: ACPI vs DT at runtime Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 15:19:01 +0000 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20131118151900.GF16735@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw) In-Reply-To: <201311181605.37300.arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org> On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 04:05:37PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Saturday 16 November 2013, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 08:56:47PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > > > > > For all I know, doing this in ACPI is something that is only now being > > > discussed as Intel wants to be able to reuse the existing features from > > > DT enabled drivers in the kernel and share the implementation between > > > embedded x86 SoCs and embedded ARM/PowerPC/MIPS/... SoCs. That part actually > > > isn't as crazy. > > > > > > The existing ACPI usage however is basically all binary and cannot be > > > shared with DT, in particular it won't help for the orthogonal problem of > > > using ACPI to get "enterprise server" features on ARM64. > > > > That's strange, because the patches I've seen from people who want to > > add ACPI support to AMBA are all based around very similar strings to > > those in DT to lookup the same data in ACPI. > > Can you point to specific patches? No, because they weren't publically posted, so I don't feel that I can say all that much; they were from quite a large company though. > I can't say I'm an expert on this, but everything I've seen with ACPI > is tables of binary data with four-letter identifiers that are defined > by the ACPI group, but not using strings in a similar manner to DT. They are using strings which are the same as the DT properties, but without the vendor prefix - but yes, to only retrieve things like booleans, u32s and such like. They also have support for fixed-rate clocks via the clk API too... I'd like them to post the patches publically so a more open discussion could occur. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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From: linux@arm.linux.org.uk (Russell King - ARM Linux) To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Subject: ACPI vs DT at runtime Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 15:19:01 +0000 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20131118151900.GF16735@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw) In-Reply-To: <201311181605.37300.arnd@arndb.de> On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 04:05:37PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Saturday 16 November 2013, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 08:56:47PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > > > > > For all I know, doing this in ACPI is something that is only now being > > > discussed as Intel wants to be able to reuse the existing features from > > > DT enabled drivers in the kernel and share the implementation between > > > embedded x86 SoCs and embedded ARM/PowerPC/MIPS/... SoCs. That part actually > > > isn't as crazy. > > > > > > The existing ACPI usage however is basically all binary and cannot be > > > shared with DT, in particular it won't help for the orthogonal problem of > > > using ACPI to get "enterprise server" features on ARM64. > > > > That's strange, because the patches I've seen from people who want to > > add ACPI support to AMBA are all based around very similar strings to > > those in DT to lookup the same data in ACPI. > > Can you point to specific patches? No, because they weren't publically posted, so I don't feel that I can say all that much; they were from quite a large company though. > I can't say I'm an expert on this, but everything I've seen with ACPI > is tables of binary data with four-letter identifiers that are defined > by the ACPI group, but not using strings in a similar manner to DT. They are using strings which are the same as the DT properties, but without the vendor prefix - but yes, to only retrieve things like booleans, u32s and such like. They also have support for fixed-rate clocks via the clk API too... I'd like them to post the patches publically so a more open discussion could occur.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-11-18 15:19 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 186+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2013-11-15 1:44 ACPI vs DT at runtime Olof Johansson 2013-11-15 1:44 ` Olof Johansson 2013-11-15 9:57 ` Mark Rutland 2013-11-15 9:57 ` Mark Rutland [not found] ` <20131115175241. GB27174@quad.lixom.net> [not found] ` <20131115095717.GC1709-NuALmloUBlrZROr8t4l/smS4ubULX0JqMm0uRHvK7Nw@public.gmane.org> 2013-11-15 17:52 ` Olof Johansson 2013-11-15 17:52 ` Olof Johansson 2013-11-15 18:13 ` David Goodenough 2013-11-21 16:15 ` Grant Likely 2013-11-18 17:47 ` Jon Masters 2013-11-18 17:47 ` Jon Masters [not found] ` <20131115175241.GB27174-O5ziIzlqnXUVNXGz7ipsyg@public.gmane.org> 2013-11-15 18:08 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2013-11-15 18:08 ` Russell King - ARM Linux [not found] ` <20131115180832.GR16735-l+eeeJia6m9vn6HldHNs0ANdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org> 2013-11-15 18:42 ` Olof Johansson 2013-11-15 18:42 ` Olof Johansson 2013-11-15 19:56 ` Arnd Bergmann 2013-11-15 19:56 ` Arnd Bergmann [not found] ` <201311152056.47846.arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org> 2013-11-15 23:21 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2013-11-15 23:21 ` Russell King - ARM Linux [not found] ` <20131115232109.GT16735-l+eeeJia6m9vn6HldHNs0ANdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org> 2013-11-18 15:05 ` Arnd Bergmann 2013-11-18 15:05 ` Arnd Bergmann [not found] ` <201311181605.37300.arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org> 2013-11-18 15:19 ` Russell King - ARM Linux [this message] 2013-11-18 15:19 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2013-11-18 15:46 ` Arnd Bergmann 2013-11-18 15:46 ` Arnd Bergmann 2013-11-21 16:10 ` Grant Likely 2013-11-21 16:10 ` Grant Likely [not found] ` <20131121161037.C528CC406A3-WNowdnHR2B42iJbIjFUEsiwD8/FfD2ys@public.gmane.org> 2013-11-21 18:26 ` Arnd Bergmann 2013-11-21 18:26 ` Arnd Bergmann 2013-11-21 19:40 ` Mark Brown 2013-11-21 19:40 ` Mark Brown [not found] ` <20131118151900.GF16735@ n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> [not found] ` <20131118151900.GF16735-l+eeeJia6m9vn6HldHNs0ANdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org> 2013-11-21 16:11 ` Grant Likely 2013-11-21 16:11 ` Grant Likely 2013-11-21 16:00 ` Grant Likely 2013-11-21 16:00 ` Grant Likely 2013-11-19 11:30 ` Mark Rutland 2013-11-19 11:30 ` Mark Rutland 2013-11-19 11:35 ` Mark Rutland 2013-11-19 11:35 ` Mark Rutland [not found] ` <20131119113557.GI5914-NuALmloUBlrZROr8t4l/smS4ubULX0JqMm0uRHvK7Nw@public.gmane.org> 2013-11-19 11:51 ` Leif Lindholm 2013-11-19 11:51 ` Leif Lindholm [not found] ` <20131119113015.GH5914-NuALmloUBlrZROr8t4l/smS4ubULX0JqMm0uRHvK7Nw@public.gmane.org> 2013-11-19 11:57 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2013-11-19 11:57 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2013-11-19 13:56 ` Stefano Stabellini 2013-11-19 13:56 ` Stefano Stabellini 2013-11-19 14:38 ` Mark Rutland 2013-11-19 14:38 ` Mark Rutland [not found] ` <20131119143840.GN5914-NuALmloUBlrZROr8t4l/smS4ubULX0JqMm0uRHvK7Nw@public.gmane.org> 2013-11-19 14:59 ` Leif Lindholm 2013-11-19 14:59 ` Leif Lindholm 2013-11-19 18:23 ` Olof Johansson 2013-11-19 18:23 ` Olof Johansson 2013-11-19 14:05 ` Arnd Bergmann 2013-11-19 14:05 ` Arnd Bergmann 2013-11-19 15:21 ` Mark Rutland 2013-11-19 15:21 ` Mark Rutland [not found] ` <20131119152157.GO5914-NuALmloUBlrZROr8t4l/smS4ubULX0JqMm0uRHvK7Nw@public.gmane.org> 2013-11-19 16:19 ` Arnd Bergmann 2013-11-19 16:19 ` Arnd Bergmann 2013-11-19 18:34 ` Olof Johansson 2013-11-19 18:34 ` Olof Johansson 2013-11-19 19:06 ` Tom Rini 2013-11-19 19:06 ` Tom Rini 2013-11-19 18:19 ` Olof Johansson 2013-11-19 18:19 ` Olof Johansson [not found] ` <20131119181959.GA20967-O5ziIzlqnXUVNXGz7ipsyg@public.gmane.org> 2013-11-21 16:37 ` Grant Likely 2013-11-21 16:37 ` Grant Likely 2013-11-21 16:29 ` Grant Likely 2013-11-21 16:29 ` Grant Likely [not found] ` <20131121170122. GB22960@srcf.ucam.org> [not found] ` <20131121170122.GB22960-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org> 2013-11-21 18:38 ` Grant Likely 2013-11-21 18:38 ` Grant Likely [not found] ` <20131121162944.F087FC406A3-WNowdnHR2B42iJbIjFUEsiwD8/FfD2ys@public.gmane.org> 2013-11-21 17:01 ` Matthew Garrett 2013-11-21 17:01 ` Matthew Garrett 2013-11-21 17:58 ` Olof Johansson 2013-11-21 17:58 ` Olof Johansson [not found] ` <20131121175822.GA9590-O5ziIzlqnXUVNXGz7ipsyg@public.gmane.org> 2013-11-21 18:19 ` Matthew Garrett 2013-11-21 18:19 ` Matthew Garrett 2013-11-21 18:33 ` Arnd Bergmann 2013-11-21 18:33 ` Arnd Bergmann 2013-11-21 18:54 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2013-11-21 18:54 ` Russell King - ARM Linux [not found] ` <20131121185408.GX16735-l+eeeJia6m9vn6HldHNs0ANdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org> 2013-11-21 18:59 ` Olof Johansson 2013-11-21 18:59 ` Olof Johansson [not found] ` <CAOesGMgzUSMDy99XojipfRd5OM88UhfbCYO0aoc5m-Q8Fwnddg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org> 2013-11-21 19:01 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2013-11-21 19:01 ` Russell King - 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ARM Linux [not found] ` <528A4F5F.7080104-Zp4isUonpHBD60Wz+7aTrA@public.gmane.org> 2013-11-18 19:21 ` Olof Johansson 2013-11-18 19:21 ` Olof Johansson 2013-11-21 18:26 ` Grant Likely 2013-11-18 15:04 ` Mark Brown 2013-11-18 15:04 ` Mark Brown 2013-11-18 15:10 ` Arnd Bergmann 2013-11-18 15:10 ` Arnd Bergmann [not found] ` < 201311181610.33105.arnd@arndb.de> [not found] ` <201311181610.33105.arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org> 2013-11-18 21:38 ` Grant Likely 2013-11-18 21:38 ` Grant Likely 2013-11-18 23:25 ` Leif Lindholm 2013-11-18 23:25 ` Leif Lindholm [not found] ` <20131118232536.GF1567-GZEopFhza0F985/tl1ce8aaDwS/vmuI7@public.gmane.org> 2013-11-18 23:29 ` Olof Johansson 2013-11-18 23:29 ` Olof Johansson [not found] ` <CAOesGMh373ZsLzoGHJm+xV3uFVjh2CBSA8SXY4PA+VxL3a5W1w-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org> 2013-11-18 23:34 ` Leif Lindholm 2013-11-18 23:34 ` Leif Lindholm
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