Re: [PATCH RFC 1/2] ACPI/PPTT: Add acpi_pptt_get_package_info() API

From: John Garry
Date: Thu Jan 30 2020 - 11:12:26 EST


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?

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.

Thanks,
John

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Regards,
Sudeep

[1]https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2492
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