linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] ACPI / EC: Fix ECDT and boot

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Date:   Mon, 12 Sep 2016 23:55:25 +0200
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:     Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@...el.com>
Cc:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>, Lv Zheng <zetalog@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] ACPI / EC: Fix ECDT and boot_ec support

On Wednesday, September 07, 2016 04:49:59 PM Lv Zheng wrote:
> Linux uses ECDT only in boot stage (before the namespace is fully
> initialized), but there are cases reported that Windows allows ECDT to be
> used for OSPM runtime, responding EC events by evaluating _Qxx methods
> under the device node indicated in the ECDT.
> 
> This patchset changes Linux ECDT support to follow Windows behavior and
> also fixes related boot_ec support.
> 
> v2:
>  Rebased on top of recent linux-pm.git/linux-next.
>  Addressed 1 comment from Peter Wu.
>  Update patch SOBs.
> 
> Lv Zheng (4):
>   ACPI / EC: Cleanup first_ec/boot_ec code
>   ACPI / EC: Fix a memory leakage issue in acpi_ec_add()
>   ACPI / EC: Fix a gap that ECDT EC cannot handle EC events
>   ACPI / EC: Fix issues related to boot_ec
> 
>  drivers/acpi/ec.c       |  240 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
>  drivers/acpi/internal.h |    1 +
>  drivers/acpi/scan.c     |    1 +
>  3 files changed, 195 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)

Whole series applied.

Thanks,
Rafael