Re: [PATCH 1/3] mailbox: pcc: rename platform interrupt bit macro name

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 1:17 PM lihuisong (C) <lihuisong@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> 在 2022/11/10 18:25, Sudeep Holla 写道:
> > On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 09:50:32AM +0800, Huisong Li wrote:
> >> Currently, the name of platform interrupt bit macro, ACPI_PCCT_DOORBELL,
> >> is not very appropriate. The doorbell is generally considered as an action
> >> when send mailbox data. Actually, the macro value comes from Platform
> >> Interrupt in Platform Communications Channel Global Flags. If the bit is
> >> '1', it means that the platform is capable of generating an interrupt to
> >> indicate completion of a command.
> >>
> > This is touching ACPICA header file, so it must be submitted to ACPICA
> > separately following the guidelines in the github and imported into the
> > kernel.
> Got it, thanks.
> >
> > However, I don't see any point in this change. Yes the language "doorbell"
> > is not used in this particular context in the spec, but it is implicit from
> > other parts. I am not opposing the change though if Rafael is OK and ACPICA
> > project accepts it.
> @Rafael, what do you think?

Well, I wouldn't send a patch to make this change myself, but if you
really care about it, please submit an upstream ACPICA pull request in
the first place and we'll see.