From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.2 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 884F4C2D0DB for ; Thu, 30 Jan 2020 17:41:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67B5B20CC7 for ; Thu, 30 Jan 2020 17:41:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727285AbgA3RlX (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Jan 2020 12:41:23 -0500 Received: from foss.arm.com ([217.140.110.172]:55938 "EHLO foss.arm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727247AbgA3RlX (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Jan 2020 12:41:23 -0500 Received: from usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (unknown [10.121.207.14]) by usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 220A431B; Thu, 30 Jan 2020 09:41:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from bogus (e103737-lin.cambridge.arm.com [10.1.197.49]) by usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AC6AA3F67D; Thu, 30 Jan 2020 09:41:21 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 17:41:16 +0000 From: Sudeep Holla To: John Garry Cc: rjw@rjwysocki.net, lenb@kernel.org, jeremy.linton@arm.com, arnd@arndb.de, olof@lixom.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, guohanjun@huawei.com, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, Sudeep Holla Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 1/2] ACPI/PPTT: Add acpi_pptt_get_package_info() API Message-ID: <20200130174116.GA57159@bogus> References: <1580210059-199540-1-git-send-email-john.garry@huawei.com> <1580210059-199540-2-git-send-email-john.garry@huawei.com> <20200128123415.GB36168@bogus> <20200130112338.GA54532@bogus> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.4 (2018-02-28) Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 04:12:20PM +0000, John Garry wrote: > On 30/01/2020 11:23, Sudeep Holla wrote: > > > I personally would not prefer to add the support when I know it is getting > > > deprecated. I am not sure on kernel community policy on the same. > > > > > OK, the details on the proposal to deprecate can be now found in UEFI > > bugzilla [1] > > > > Wouldn't it be a better approach to propose deprecating the field when there > is a readily available alternative, i.e. not a spec from a different body in > beta stage? > Understandable and valid concerns. It would be helpful if you raise it in the UEFI bugzilla. Your concerns will get lost if you just raise here. > To me, this new SMC support will take an appreciable amount of time to be > implemented in FW by SiPs when actually released. And if it requires an ATF > upgrade - which I guess it does - then that's a big job. > Again I do understand, please raise it with the SMCCC specification contact as listed in the link I shared. -- Regards, Sudeep