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From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 26 Jan 2018 20:08:24 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] x86/acpi: add retrieval function for rsdp address
To:     Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
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On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 4:36 PM, Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com> wrote:
> Add a function to get the address of the RSDP table. Per default use a
> __weak annotated function being a nop.

The problem with weak functions that we can't have more than one
implementation per kernel while we would like to built several code
paths.

I have stumbled on the similar stuff and realize that.

Perhaps, one of the solution is to have an additional struct under
x86_init to alternate ACPI related stuff.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko