RE: [PATCH 1/5] ACPI: Allow handlers to be installed at the sametime as methods

[Moore, Robert]

>In fact, what we need to handle is the case in which a GPE is pointed to by
>a _PRW method somewhere and we presume that it's necessary to execute
>Notify() for it regardless of whether or not it has a method, right?

Is this the "windows compatibility" case where windows claims to implement a "implicit notify" if the GPE method does not exist for a GPE referenced by a _PRW?



>-----Original Message-----
>From: Rafael J. Wysocki [mailto:rjw@xxxxxxx]
>Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 4:19 PM
>To: Matthew Garrett
>Cc: linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-
>pci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Moore, Robert
>Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] ACPI: Allow handlers to be installed at the same
>time as methods
>
>On Monday, October 04, 2010, Matthew Garrett wrote:
>> There are circumstances under which it may be desirable for GPE handlers
>> to be installable without displacing the existing GPE method. Add support
>> for this via a boolean argument to acpi_install_gpe_handler, and fix up
>the
>> existing users to ensure that their behaviour doesn't change.
>
>Hmm.  I'm not sure this is the best way to do that.
>
>In fact, what we need to handle is the case in which a GPE is pointed to by
>a _PRW method somewhere and we presume that it's necessary to execute
>Notify() for it regardless of whether or not it has a method, right?
>
>So, this GPE will have ACPI_GPE_CAN_WAKE, so can we just put something like
>
>if (gpe_event_info->flags & ACPI_GPE_CAN_WAKE)
>         execute Notify()
>
>somewhere around the switch statement in acpi_ev_gpe_dispatch()?
>
>Or perhaps replace acpi_ev_asynch_enable_gpe() with something that will
>execute Notify() and then do what the original acpi_ev_asynch_enable_gpe()
>does?
>
>That should be easier to implement after the changes we've been discussing
>with
>Bob recently (basically, handle both GPE handlers and _Lxx/_Exx
>analogously).
>
>Rafael
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