Re: [patch] ACPI: reduce code size, clean up, fix validator message

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> Thanks for the quick reply.
> 
> An Andrew's advice a while back, Bob already got rid
> of the allocate part -- it just isn't upstream yet.
> 
> Re: changing ACPICA code (sub-directories of drivers/acpi/) like this:
> 
> >-	flags = acpi_os_acquire_lock(acpi_gbl_gpe_lock);
> >+	spin_lock_irqsave(&acpi_gbl_gpe_lock, flags);
> 
> I can't do that without either
> 1. diverging between Linux and ACPICA
> or
> 2. getting a license back from you to Intel such that Intel can
>    re-distrubute such a change under the Intel license on the file
>    and
>    inventing spin_lock_irqsave() on about 9 other operating systems.
> 
> #1 is all pain and no gain, unless the 244 net fewer bytes counts as
> gain.
> #2 wouldn't make sense either.

Well, gain here is that code actually becomes readable/linux
like/something.

Feel free to put GPL/BSD license in ACPICA code, saying that by
default contributed code is under both licenses.... or something, but
having linux-like code under drivers/acpi would be great.

								Pavel
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