linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V7 5/7] ACPI: Delay the enumeration on the devices whose dependency has not met

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Date:   Mon, 13 Mar 2017 22:24:34 +0100
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:     "zhichang.yuan" <yuanzhichang@...ilicon.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH V7 5/7] ACPI: Delay the enumeration on the devices whose  dependency has not met

On Monday, March 13, 2017 10:42:41 AM zhichang.yuan wrote:
> In commit 40e7fcb1929(ACPI: Add _DEP support to fix battery issue on Asus
> T100TA), the '_DEP' was supported to solve the dependency of Asus battery. But
> this patch is specific to Asus battery device.
> In the real world, there are other devices which need the dependency to play the
> role on the enumeration order. For example, all the Hip06 LPC
> periperals(IPMI-BT, uart, etc) must be scanned after the LPC host driver
> finished the probing. So, it makes sense to add a checking whether the ACPI
> device meet all the dependencies during its enumeration slot, if not, the
> enumeration will be delayed till all dependency master finish their work.
> 
> This patch adds the dependency checking in ACPI enumeration, also the
> corresponding handling to retrigger the Hip06 LPC peripherals' scanning.

AFAICS, _DEP is generally abused in the wild and cannot be made generic.  Sorry.

Thanks,
Rafael