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From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net>
To: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Cc: linux-nvdimm@ml01.01.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>,
	Robert Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>,
	David Box <david.e.box@linux.intel.com>,
	Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@intel.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/21] nd_acpi: initial core implementation and nfit skeleton
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2015 21:12:32 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3621753.cpAhpD8DHH@vostro.rjw.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150418013530.25237.28383.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com>

On Friday, April 17, 2015 09:35:30 PM Dan Williams wrote:
> 1/ Autodetect an NFIT table for the ACPI namespace device with _HID of
>    "ACPI0012"
> 
> 2/ Skeleton implementation to register an NFIT bus.
> 
> The NFIT provided by ACPI is the primary method by which platforms will
> discover NVDIMM resources.  However, the intent of the
> nfit_bus_descriptor abstraction is to contain "provider" specific
> details, leaving the nd core to be NFIT-provider agnostic.  This
> flexibility is exploited in later patches to implement special purpose
> providers of test and custom-defined NFITs.
> 
> Cc: <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>
> Cc: Robert Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
> Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>

So as discussed internally, nfit.h will have to wait for the ACPICA's
NFIT support to prevent clashes from happening.

Also please CC *all* *patches* with "ACPI" (or "acpi" etc) anywhere in the
subject/changelog/body to linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org.

More comments likely to follow.

Thanks!


-- 
I speak only for myself.
Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-04-19 18:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 84+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-04-18  1:35 [PATCH 00/21] ND: NFIT-Defined / NVDIMM Subsystem Dan Williams
2015-04-18  1:35 ` [PATCH 01/21] e820, efi: add ACPI 6.0 persistent memory types Dan Williams
2015-04-18  4:41   ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-04-19  7:46   ` Boaz Harrosh
2015-04-20 17:08     ` Dan Williams
2015-04-28 12:46   ` [Linux-nvdimm] " Christoph Hellwig
2015-04-28 19:20     ` Dan Williams
2015-04-18  1:35 ` [PATCH 02/21] ND NFIT-Defined/NVIDIMM Subsystem Dan Williams
2015-04-20  7:06   ` Ingo Molnar
2015-04-20  8:14     ` Dan Williams
2015-04-20 12:53       ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-04-20 15:57         ` Dan Williams
2015-04-21 13:38           ` Dan Williams
2015-04-28 12:48   ` [Linux-nvdimm] " Christoph Hellwig
2015-04-18  1:35 ` [PATCH 03/21] nd_acpi: initial core implementation and nfit skeleton Dan Williams
2015-04-18 19:41   ` Paul Bolle
2015-04-19 19:12   ` Rafael J. Wysocki [this message]
2015-04-28 12:53   ` [Linux-nvdimm] " Christoph Hellwig
2015-04-28 19:21     ` Dan Williams
2015-04-18  1:35 ` [PATCH 04/21] nd: create an 'nd_bus' from an 'nfit_desc' Dan Williams
2015-04-21 19:35   ` [Linux-nvdimm] " Toshi Kani
2015-04-21 19:58     ` Dan Williams
2015-04-21 19:55       ` Toshi Kani
2015-04-21 20:35         ` Dan Williams
2015-04-21 20:32           ` Toshi Kani
2015-04-22 16:39           ` Toshi Kani
2015-04-22 17:03             ` Dan Williams
2015-04-22 18:00               ` Linda Knippers
2015-04-22 18:20                 ` Dan Williams
2015-04-22 18:23                   ` Toshi Kani
2015-04-22 19:28                     ` Dan Williams
2015-04-22 19:38                       ` Toshi Kani
2015-04-22 20:00                         ` Dan Williams
2015-04-28 16:47                           ` Toshi Kani
2015-04-28 17:14                             ` Toshi Kani
2015-04-18  1:35 ` [PATCH 05/21] nfit-test: manufactured NFITs for interface development Dan Williams
2015-04-24 21:47   ` [Linux-nvdimm] " Linda Knippers
2015-04-24 21:50     ` Dan Williams
2015-04-24 21:59       ` Linda Knippers
2015-04-24 23:02         ` Dan Williams
2015-04-28 12:54   ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-04-28 19:35     ` Dan Williams
2015-04-18  1:35 ` [PATCH 06/21] nd: ndctl class device, and nd bus attributes Dan Williams
2015-04-18  8:07   ` Greg KH
2015-04-18 20:08     ` Dan Williams
2015-04-18  1:35 ` [PATCH 07/21] nd: dimm devices (nfit "memory-devices") Dan Williams
2015-04-18  8:06   ` Greg KH
2015-04-18 20:12     ` Dan Williams
2015-04-18  1:35 ` [PATCH 08/21] nd: ndctl.h, the nd ioctl abi Dan Williams
2015-04-21 21:20   ` [Linux-nvdimm] " Toshi Kani
2015-04-21 22:05     ` Dan Williams
2015-04-21 22:16       ` Toshi Kani
2015-04-24 15:56   ` Toshi Kani
2015-04-24 16:09     ` Toshi Kani
2015-04-24 16:31       ` Dan Williams
2015-04-24 16:25     ` Dan Williams
2015-04-24 17:18       ` Toshi Kani
2015-04-24 17:45         ` Dan Williams
2015-04-25  0:35           ` Toshi Kani
2015-04-18  1:36 ` [PATCH 09/21] nd_dimm: dimm driver and base nd-bus device-driver infrastructure Dan Williams
2015-04-18  1:36 ` [PATCH 10/21] nd: regions (block-data-window, persistent memory, volatile memory) Dan Williams
2015-04-18  1:36 ` [PATCH 11/21] nd_region: support for legacy nvdimms Dan Williams
2015-04-18  1:36 ` [PATCH 12/21] nd_pmem: add NFIT support to the pmem driver Dan Williams
2015-04-18  6:38   ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-04-18 19:37     ` Dan Williams
2015-04-28 12:56       ` [Linux-nvdimm] " Christoph Hellwig
2015-04-28 19:37         ` Dan Williams
2015-04-18  1:36 ` [PATCH 13/21] nd: add interleave-set state-tracking infrastructure Dan Williams
2015-04-18  1:36 ` [PATCH 14/21] nd: namespace indices: read and validate Dan Williams
2015-04-18  1:36 ` [PATCH 15/21] nd: pmem label sets and namespace instantiation Dan Williams
2015-04-18  1:36 ` [PATCH 16/21] nd: blk labels " Dan Williams
2015-04-18  1:36 ` [PATCH 17/21] nd: write pmem label set Dan Williams
2015-04-18  1:36 ` [PATCH 18/21] nd: write blk " Dan Williams
2015-04-18  1:36 ` [PATCH 19/21] nd: infrastructure for btt devices Dan Williams
2015-04-22 19:12   ` [Linux-nvdimm] " Elliott, Robert (Server Storage)
2015-04-22 19:39     ` Dan Williams
2015-04-28 13:01   ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-04-28 15:42     ` Matthew Wilcox
2015-04-18  1:37 ` [PATCH 20/21] nd_btt: atomic sector updates Dan Williams
2015-04-18  1:37 ` [PATCH 21/21] nd_blk: nfit blk driver Dan Williams
2015-04-18 19:29 ` [PATCH 00/21] ND: NFIT-Defined / NVDIMM Subsystem Dan Williams
2015-04-22 19:06 ` [Linux-nvdimm] " Elliott, Robert (Server Storage)
2015-04-22 19:39   ` Dan Williams
2015-04-23  5:43   ` Ingo Molnar

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