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On 10/06/2021 19:25, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 7:51 PM Jon Nettleton <jon@solid-run.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 6:56 PM Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 07:39:02PM +0300, Ioana Ciornei wrote:
>>>> From: Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@nxp.com>
>>>>
>>>> This patch set provides ACPI support to DPAA2 network drivers.
>>>
>>> Just to be clear and avoid confusion, there is a standing NACK against
>>> this patchset. Please see the discussion here:
>>>
>>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-acpi/patch/20200715090400.4733-2-calvin.johnson@oss.nxp.com/#23518385
>>>
>>> So far, i've not seen any indication the issues raised there have been
>>> resolved. I don't see any Acked-by from an ACPI maintainer. So this
>>> code remains NACKed.
>>
>> Andrew,
>>
>> The ACPI maintainers did bless the use of the ACPI standards followed
>> in this patchset, and their only abstinence from ACK'ing the patchset
>> was whether the code was used in production systems.  Well currently,
>> not only have we, SolidRun, been using this patchset and the associated
>> ACPI tables in our SystemsReady certified firmware for the HoneyComb,
>> but we also have customers using this same patchset and firmware on
>> their systems rolled out to customers.
>>
>> Additionally we have an entire new product line based on Marvell's
>> Armada CN913x series, which also needs this patchset to be fully
>> functional.
>>
>> I am quite certain this is more than enough production systems using
>> this ACPI description method for networking to progress this patchset
>> forward.
> 
> And I believe that you have all of the requisite ACKs from the ACPI
> side now, so it is up to the networking guys to decide what to do
> next.

You've also my ACK as emeritus Devicetree maintainer. It is well past 
time for this series to get merged.

g.