Re: [PATCH 0/6] ACPI: Simplify namespace scanning for devices

From: Jiang Liu
Date: Sun Dec 16 2012 - 11:00:01 EST


Hi Rafael,
Great idea to get rid of the .start() staff, it could also
simplify our hotplug framework too.
Thanks!
Gerry

On 12/16/2012 09:47 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> This series is on top of the one I sent on Thursday:
>
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/12/13/632
>
> It goes one step farther and makes some simplifications that become possible
> after applying that patchset.
>
> [1/6] Fold acpi_pci_root_start() into acpi_pci_root_add()
> [2/6] Remove acpi_start_single_object() and acpi_bus_start()
> [3/6] Remove the arguments of acpi_bus_add() that are not used
> [4/6] Drop the second argument of acpi_bus_scan()
> [5/6] Replace ACPI device add_type field with a match_driver flag
> [6/6] Make acpi_bus_scan() and acpi_bus_add() take only one argument
>
> It survives booting on Toshiba Portege R500 without any visible issues.
>
> Thanks,
> Rafael
>
>

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