linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] Use dev_sysdata for ACPI and remove firmware

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Message-ID: <20061110054944.GB9137@kroah.com>
Date:	Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:49:44 +0900
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc:	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Use dev_sysdata for ACPI and remove firmware_data

On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 11:58:36AM +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> This patch changes ACPI to use the new dev_sysdata on x86 and x86_64 (is there
> any other arch using ACPI ?) to store it's acpi_handle. It also removes the
> firmware_data field from struct device as this was the only user.

Yeah!  I've wanted to drop firmware_data for a while now :)

thanks,

gre k-h
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