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Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:19:48 -0500 From: Corey Minyard <cminyard@...sta.com> To: Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com> CC: yakui.zhao@...el.com, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ACPI: Reorder IPMI driver before any other ACPI drivers On 09/20/2012 04:46 PM, Matthew Garrett wrote: > Drivers may make calls that require the ACPI IPMI driver to have been > initialised already, so make sure that it appears earlier in the build > order. The IPMI driver uses the ACPI namespace as an option to know the address and characteristics of the device. Does that still work? -corey > > Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com> > --- > drivers/acpi/Makefile | 5 ++++- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/Makefile b/drivers/acpi/Makefile > index 47199e2..82422fe 100644 > --- a/drivers/acpi/Makefile > +++ b/drivers/acpi/Makefile > @@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ acpi-y += video_detect.o > endif > > # These are (potentially) separate modules > + > +# IPMI may be used by other drivers, so it has to initialise before them > +obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_IPMI) += acpi_ipmi.o > + > obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_AC) += ac.o > obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON) += button.o > obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_FAN) += fan.o > @@ -70,6 +74,5 @@ processor-y += processor_idle.o processor_thermal.o > processor-$(CONFIG_CPU_FREQ) += processor_perflib.o > > obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR_AGGREGATOR) += acpi_pad.o > -obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_IPMI) += acpi_ipmi.o > > obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_APEI) += apei/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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