On Sun, Mar 07, 2010 at 08:18:15PM +0000, Quentin Garnier wrote: > > As an example: one thing that holds back the ACPI CPU code I am working on > > is that I need to be sure that e.g. cpu3 that attaches to acpi0 is the same > > cpu3 that has attached to mainbus0. So: > > Well, the answer to that is simple: there should only be one device. > Anything design that doesn't produce that result can go to thrown out > the window without further delay.
In the above example it would be "acpicpu3 at acpi0" and "cpu3 at mainbus0". But as you know quite well what is involved, I am merely pointing out that the current situation holds back many possibilities. And noting that I don't have the competency to do anything about it. - Jukka.