linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/8] ideapad: make sure we bind on the correct device

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Date:	Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:27:22 +0100
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Ike Panhc <ike.pan@...onical.com>
Cc:	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.de>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Corentin Chary <corentincj@...aif.net>,
	David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@...el.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/8] ideapad: make sure we bind on the correct device

On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 04:37:33PM +0800, Ike Panhc wrote:
> By reading from method _STA and _CFG to make sure we bind on the correct
> VPC2004 device.

I know some other drivers check _STA themselves, but it's unnecessary - 
if _STA didn't evaluate appropriately, the bus driver won't create the 
pnp object and there won't be anything for you to bind to in the first 
place.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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