On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 11:25:35AM -0400, Igor Mammedov wrote: > > Series is excerpt form larger refactoring that does > the same for PCI devices, but it's too large at this > point, so I've split off a relatively self-contained > ISA/SMBUS patches into a smaller separate series, and > PCI refactoring will follow up on top of this series > using the same AcpiDevAmlIf interface. > > Series consolidates and unifies how pc/q35 machine > generates AML for ISA and SMBUS devices. It adds > a new more generic interface 'AcpiDevAmlIf' that > replaces ISA specific ISADeviceClass::build_aml > hook and should allow to use the same approach > (i.e. ask a device to provide its own AML) but > not limited to ISA bus. > Series applies AcpiDevAmlIf interface to a few > ISA devices that were already using > ISADeviceClass::build_aml and to devices /tpm, > applesmc,pvpanic,ipmi/ that were generated in > custom way. The AML generation for the later > class is normalized to behave like any other > ISA device that were using ISADeviceClass::build_aml > and converted to interface 'AcpiDevAmlIf'. > It simplifies process of building DSDT and > eliminates custom probing/wiring for those devices > as AML for them is generated at the time ISA/SMBUS > is enumerated. > > Changes to DSDT tables QEMU generates are mostly > contextual where devices scattered across DSDT > are consolidated under respective device that > hosts bus they are attached to.
Promoting the ISADeviceClass::build_aml idea to a more general approach certainly makes sense. ISA update is fine. Skimmed the other updates too, looks all sane to me. Acked-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kra...@redhat.com> take care, Gerd
