linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] misc: Add dell-laptop driver

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Date:	Tue, 2 Dec 2008 12:22:22 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Matt_Domsch@...l.com, greg@...ah.com,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, rpurdie@...ys.net, ivdoorn@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] misc: Add dell-laptop driver

On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 20:05:45 +0000
Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org> wrote:

> > > +#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
> > > +	if (acpi_video_backlight_support())
> > > +		return 0;
> > > +#endif
> > 
> > Do we need the ifdefs here?  It looks like include/linux/acpi.h tries
> > to provide a suitable 0-returning stub?
> 
> They're protected by #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO, but it looks like acpi.h 
> is empty if CONFIG_ACPI isn't set?

No, acpi.h has a _few_ ACPI=n stubs:

: static inline int early_acpi_boot_init(void)
: {
: 	return 0;
: }
: static inline int acpi_boot_init(void)
: {
: 	return 0;
: }
: 
: static inline int acpi_boot_table_init(void)
: {
: 	return 0;
: }
: 
: static inline int acpi_mps_check(void)
: {
: 	return 0;
: }
: 
: static inline int acpi_check_resource_conflict(struct resource *res)
: {
: 	return 0;
: }
: 
: static inline int acpi_check_region(resource_size_t start, resource_size_t n,
: 				    const char *name)
: {
: 	return 0;
: }
: 
: static inline int acpi_check_mem_region(resource_size_t start,
: 					resource_size_t n, const char *name)
: {
: 	return 0;
: }

So it seems that acpi_video_backlight_support() should be added to this
list.  Except it already has a stub, in the wrong place.  This whole block:

: #if defined(CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO) || defined(CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO_MODULE)
: 
: extern long acpi_video_get_capabilities(acpi_handle graphics_dev_handle);
: extern long acpi_is_video_device(struct acpi_device *device);
: extern int acpi_video_backlight_support(void);
: extern int acpi_video_display_switch_support(void);
: 
: #else
: 
: static inline long acpi_video_get_capabilities(acpi_handle graphics_dev_handle)
: {
: 	return 0;
: }
: 
: static inline long acpi_is_video_device(struct acpi_device *device)
: {
: 	return 0;
: }
: 
: static inline int acpi_video_backlight_support(void)
: {
: 	return 0;
: }
: 
: static inline int acpi_video_display_switch_support(void)
: {
: 	return 0;
: }
: 
: #endif /* defined(CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO) || defined(CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO_MODULE) */
: 

needs to be moved outside the `#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI' altogether.  Then you
can drop the ifdef.
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