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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 00:39:42 +0100
From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>
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Subject: Re: ACPI vs Device Tree - moving forward
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On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 01:11:14AM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:

> Moreover, even if we are able to instruct everyone interested how to create
> the requisite ACPI tables, there is the little problem of shipping them
> somehow so that they actually can be used by the kernel that needs to be
> addressed too.

I think the expectation in the ACPI ecosystem has to be that devices 
ship their own ACPI tables. I can't see any benefit in using ACPI if the 
aim is to just carry on shipping files with the kernel or install media 
- in that case, just use DT.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
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