Re: [PATCH v3 04/11] platform/x86: asus-wmi: Improve DSTS WMI method ID detection

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Thu May 09 2019 - 13:58:28 EST


On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 8:29 PM Yurii Pavlovskyi
<yurii.pavlovskyi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 08.05.19 15:36, Andy Shevchenko wrote:> On Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 1:08 PM
> Yurii Pavlovskyi
> > <yurii.pavlovskyi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> int rv;
> >> + char *wmi_uid;
> >
> > Keep them in reversed spruce order.
>
> What do you mean by that? Do you mean like this?

> + char *wmi_uid;
> int rv;

Yes.

> int err;

Don't see this in the above, though.

> >> +#define ASUS_WMI_METHODID_DSTS 0x53544344 /* Device STatuS
> (DCTS) */
> >
> > It's not clear from the description what 'C' stands for.
> > Is there any specification which describes the difference and actual
> > abbreviations?
> >
> Not that I know of. Daniel had written some research in the previous
> version thread regarding where it is used, but as I understand from current
> implementation the functional difference is not really there, as it serves
> the same purpose as DSTS, just for another hardware.
>
> On 09.05.19 08:08, Daniel Drake wrote:
> > For clarity I think the constants could be renamed as
> > ASUS_WMI_METHODID_DCTS and ASUS_WMI_METHODID_DSTS.
> >
> Agree, that'll be better.

Also makes sense, but then fix up capitalization in the comment
(perhaps "Device status" would be good in both cases).

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko