Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2]: acpica/nfit: Rename not-armed bit definition
To: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
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Cc: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hp.com>,
        Rafael J Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>,
        Robert Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>,
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        Linux ACPI <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
        "Elliott, Robert (Server Storage)" <elliott@hp.com>
From: Linda Knippers <linda.knippers@hp.com>
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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 13:09:06 -0400
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On 8/27/2015 1:04 PM, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 9:32 AM, Linda Knippers <linda.knippers@hp.com> wrote:
>> I know this seems like a nit but we've going to live with this stuff for
>> a long time.
> 
> Along those lines, Bob just came by my office and gave me a decisive
> argument that I think trumps my ABI concerns, and one I'd be willing
> to argue for 4.2 inclusion.  Some BIOS implementers may do the work to
> get the polarity correct others may just read the flag name and get it
> wrong.  Once that happens the field loses all meaning regardless of
> whether Linux interprets it correctly.

BIOS developers, BIOS testers, and the OS folks working with those teams
will be grateful.

Thanks,

-- ljk


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