linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/8] minnowboard: Add base platform driver for the MinnowBoard

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Date:	Wed, 26 Jun 2013 05:36:29 +0000
From:	Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@...ula.com>
To:	Darren Hart <dvhart@...ux.intel.com>
CC:	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com" <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>,
	"andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com" 
	<andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	"danders@...cuitco.com" <danders@...cuitco.com>,
	"vishal.l.verma@...el.com" <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	"Linus Walleij" <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org" 
	<platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/8] minnowboard: Add base platform driver for the
 MinnowBoard

On Tue, 2013-06-25 at 22:32 -0700, Darren Hart wrote:

> are all board-specific. They map GPIO to their fixed functions and
> provide an API for board-specific queries (minnowboard.c), they provide
> example uses (minnowboard-gpio and minnowboard-keys) which aid in
> experimentation and the development of new drivers.
> 
> Which of these make sense as ACPI devices in your opinion?

Does the firmware contain a corresponding ACPI device with a specific
_HID that defines the programming model? If so, it should have an ACPI
driver. If not, it shouldn't.

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