linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] ACPI: add drivers_autoprobe in struct acpi

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Date:	Thu, 4 Oct 2012 08:15:44 -0700
From:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
To:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad@...nel.org>
Cc:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] ACPI: add drivers_autoprobe in struct acpi_device

On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 6:03 AM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org> wrote:
>> To use to control the delay attach driver for acpi_device.
>
> <blinks>
> I am not sure what this says. Can you please explain how it controls
> the delaying of
> attaching drivers?
>>
>> Will use bus notifier to toggle this bits when needed.
>
> Will use ..? In a subsequent patch? Which patch? And when is this
> needed? Is there a patch that needs this?

please check patch 0-4 as a whole.

Yinghai
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