On Sun, 5 Jan 2020 at 12:34, Michael S. Tsirkin <address@hidden> wrote:
On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 02:47:59PM +0800, Heyi Guo wrote:
hw/arm/virt-acpi-build.c | 8 --------
tests/data/acpi/virt/DSDT | Bin 18449 -> 18426 bytes
tests/data/acpi/virt/DSDT.memhp | Bin 19786 -> 19763 bytes
tests/data/acpi/virt/DSDT.numamem | Bin 18449 -> 18426 bytes
4 files changed, 8 deletions(-)
Please do not include binary changes in acpi patches.
See comment at the top of tests/bios-tables-test.c for documentation
on how to update these.
If you want the patches not to include binary changes then
you will need to take these yourself through your own tree.
As the Arm subtree maintainer I am not going to follow a
specific process for acpi related patches that requires me
to do anything other than "apply patches from email, test
them, send pull request". I also have no way to
identify whether any differences that I might see if I
disassembled the ACPI tables make sense, as that comment
suggests I should be doing. The differences in the tables need
to be checked by the people reviewing the patches, which will
not be me for anything ACPI related -- I just don't know
enough about the ACPI specs.
Patches should be self contained, including updating test
cases as required. The underlying problem here is that
the 'golden master' data for the acpi tests is a pile
of binary blobs rather than something that's human
readable and reviewable as part of a patch.
thanks
-- PMM
.