Re: [PATCH 2/3] hwmon: (nct6775) Implement custom lock by ACPI mutex.

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 10:33 PM Eugene Shalygin
<eugene.shalygin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Nov 2021 at 21:25, Denis Pauk <pauk.denis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I would like to propose to leave the current name of the driver and add
> > the same logic as in the current patch. So when we know the exact name
> > of acpi mutex - code will use such mutex for lock and directly read EC
> > memory region. In case if we don't know the exact mutex name/path or for
> > some reason ASUS decides to change UEFI code - code will use WMI
> > methods. In such a case, adding or checking a new motherboard will
> > require only adding a minimal list of well known registers without
> > disassembling UEFI code.
> >
> > What do you think?
>
> Sounds reasonable to me, but nevertheless I think dropping the "wmi"
> part from the driver name would make the name clearer with the
> proposed functional change.

We don't do changes for something which is not yet in the kernel or
about to be there. My proposal stays the same, sorry.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko