> > > > Kconfig symbol ACPI_DEBUG_FUNC_TRACE was only used (through its
> > > > corresponding macro) in drivers/acpi/acpica/acmacros.h. That macro
> > > > was removed from that header in v3.8, with commit
> > > > 86ff0e508f88eda6e479a897476026055831d2d8 ("ACPICA: Fix unmerged
> > > > acmacros.h divergences."). That commit did not explain why that
> > > > macro was removed. But it seems that ACPI_DEBUG_FUNC_TRACE can
> > now
> > > > be removed too, as it is unused.
> > >
> > > Lv, can you please comment here?
> >
> > Sorry for the delayed reply.
> >
> > The commit should have done something that already have been done in
> > the ACPICA.
> > I'll take a look at this.
>
> The original commit deleted CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG_FUNC_TRACE from
> acmacros.h as it is in the __wrong__ place.
> CONFIG_xxx is linux specific codes thus should appear in OSL layer -
> aclinux.h.
> ACPICA specific codes should only use selective definitions in #ifdef ACPI_xxx
> style and such codes should be merged into ACPICA rather than being merged
> into Linux ACPI.
>
> Now we have two choices:
> Re-implement it in the aclinux.h using "ACPI_DEBUG_OUTPUT"
> defined/undefined or delete this kernel configuration item temporarily.
Sorry, I made a mistake here.
ACPI_DEBUG_OUTPUT is already covered by the CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG.
The corrected statement should be:
If we want to fine tune the output, then the codes might be implemented in
ACPICA first and then get utilized in Linux using the new ACPICA feature.
Best regards
-Lv
