Re: [PATCH] xen/arm: Remove EXPERT dependancy

2020-11-04 Thread Julien Grall
Hi Elliott, On 04/11/2020 19:03, Elliott Mitchell wrote: On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 09:19:49AM +, Julien Grall wrote: On 23/10/2020 17:57, Stefano Stabellini wrote: On Fri, 23 Oct 2020, Julien Grall wrote: I am sort of okay to remove EXPERT. OK. This would help (even without building it

Re: [PATCH] xen/arm: Remove EXPERT dependancy

2020-11-04 Thread Elliott Mitchell
On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 09:19:49AM +, Julien Grall wrote: > On 23/10/2020 17:57, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > On Fri, 23 Oct 2020, Julien Grall wrote: > >> I am sort of okay to remove EXPERT. > > > > OK. This would help (even without building it by default) because as you > > go and look at

Re: [PATCH] xen/arm: Remove EXPERT dependancy

2020-10-26 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Mon, 26 Oct 2020, Julien Grall wrote: > Hi Stefano, > > On 23/10/2020 17:57, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > On Fri, 23 Oct 2020, Julien Grall wrote: > > > Hi Stefano, > > > > > > On 22/10/2020 22:17, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > > > On Thu, 22 Oct 2020, Julien Grall wrote: > > > > > On 22/10/2

Re: [PATCH] xen/arm: Remove EXPERT dependancy

2020-10-26 Thread Julien Grall
Hi Stefano, On 23/10/2020 17:57, Stefano Stabellini wrote: On Fri, 23 Oct 2020, Julien Grall wrote: Hi Stefano, On 22/10/2020 22:17, Stefano Stabellini wrote: On Thu, 22 Oct 2020, Julien Grall wrote: On 22/10/2020 02:43, Elliott Mitchell wrote: Linux requires UEFI support to be enabled on A

Re: [PATCH] xen/arm: Remove EXPERT dependancy

2020-10-23 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Fri, 23 Oct 2020, Julien Grall wrote: > Hi Stefano, > > On 22/10/2020 22:17, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > On Thu, 22 Oct 2020, Julien Grall wrote: > > > On 22/10/2020 02:43, Elliott Mitchell wrote: > > > > Linux requires UEFI support to be enabled on ARM64 devices. While many > > > > ARM64 de

Re: [PATCH] xen/arm: Remove EXPERT dependancy

2020-10-23 Thread Julien Grall
Hi Stefano, On 22/10/2020 22:17, Stefano Stabellini wrote: On Thu, 22 Oct 2020, Julien Grall wrote: On 22/10/2020 02:43, Elliott Mitchell wrote: Linux requires UEFI support to be enabled on ARM64 devices. While many ARM64 devices lack ACPI, the writing seems to be on the wall of UEFI/ACPI pot

Re: [PATCH] xen/arm: Remove EXPERT dependancy

2020-10-22 Thread Elliott Mitchell
On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 02:17:13PM -0700, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > On Thu, 22 Oct 2020, Julien Grall wrote: > > On 22/10/2020 02:43, Elliott Mitchell wrote: > > > Linux requires UEFI support to be enabled on ARM64 devices. While many > > > ARM64 devices lack ACPI, the writing seems to be on the

Re: [PATCH] xen/arm: Remove EXPERT dependancy

2020-10-22 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Thu, 22 Oct 2020, Julien Grall wrote: > On 22/10/2020 02:43, Elliott Mitchell wrote: > > Linux requires UEFI support to be enabled on ARM64 devices. While many > > ARM64 devices lack ACPI, the writing seems to be on the wall of UEFI/ACPI > > potentially taking over. Some common devices may nee

Re: [PATCH] xen/arm: Remove EXPERT dependancy

2020-10-22 Thread Julien Grall
Hi, On 22/10/2020 02:43, Elliott Mitchell wrote: Linux requires UEFI support to be enabled on ARM64 devices. While many ARM64 devices lack ACPI, the writing seems to be on the wall of UEFI/ACPI potentially taking over. Some common devices may need ACPI table support. Presently I think it is w

[PATCH] xen/arm: Remove EXPERT dependancy

2020-10-21 Thread Elliott Mitchell
Linux requires UEFI support to be enabled on ARM64 devices. While many ARM64 devices lack ACPI, the writing seems to be on the wall of UEFI/ACPI potentially taking over. Some common devices may need ACPI table support. Presently I think it is worth removing the dependancy on CONFIG_EXPERT. I am