Re: [edk2-devel] [edk2-platforms][PATCH 1/1] Platform/RPi/AcpiTables: Update all tables to latest ACPI

2020-05-06 Thread Pete Batard
On 2020.05.06 13:50, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: On 5/6/20 2:45 PM, Pete Batard wrote: On 2020.05.06 13:26, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: On 5/6/20 1:37 PM, Pete Batard wrote: ... Therefore, since we do see a need for ACPI 6.x features, and effectively have a 6.3 table with PPTT, and also since we have

Re: [edk2-devel] [edk2-platforms][PATCH 1/1] Platform/RPi/AcpiTables: Update all tables to latest ACPI

2020-05-06 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
On 5/6/20 2:45 PM, Pete Batard wrote: On 2020.05.06 13:26, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: On 5/6/20 1:37 PM, Pete Batard wrote: ... Therefore, since we do see a need for ACPI 6.x features, and effectively have a 6.3 table with PPTT, and also since we have tested that we are not seeing ill effects from

Re: [edk2-devel] [edk2-platforms][PATCH 1/1] Platform/RPi/AcpiTables: Update all tables to latest ACPI

2020-05-06 Thread Pete Batard
On 2020.05.06 13:26, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: On 5/6/20 1:37 PM, Pete Batard wrote: ... Therefore, since we do see a need for ACPI 6.x features, and effectively have a 6.3 table with PPTT, and also since we have tested that we are not seeing ill effects from doing so for the most common OSes we

Re: [edk2-devel] [edk2-platforms][PATCH 1/1] Platform/RPi/AcpiTables: Update all tables to latest ACPI

2020-05-06 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
On 5/6/20 1:37 PM, Pete Batard wrote: ... Therefore, since we do see a need for ACPI 6.x features, and effectively have a 6.3 table with PPTT, and also since we have tested that we are not seeing ill effects from doing so for the most common OSes we support, we bring all of the relevant ACPI

[edk2-devel] [edk2-platforms][PATCH 1/1] Platform/RPi/AcpiTables: Update all tables to latest ACPI

2020-05-06 Thread Pete Batard
Because of its widespread availability and low price, we expect the Raspberry Pi source to be used by platform developers as a starting point to create their own platform implementation. As such, it makes a lot of sense to want to use the most up to date underlying standards, even if the pay off