linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/10] Dynamic ACPI-PCI binding

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Date:	Wed, 3 Jun 2009 13:29:03 -0600
From:	Alex Chiang <achiang@...com>
To:	lenb@...nel.org
Cc:	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] Dynamic ACPI-PCI binding

Hi Len,

* Alex Chiang <achiang@...com>:
> This patch series eliminates static boot-time binding of ACPI
> and PCI devices, and introduces an API to perform this lookup
> during runtime.
> 
> This change has the following advantages:
> 
> 	- eliminates struct acpi_device vs struct pci_dev lifetime issues
> 	- lays groundwork for eliminating .bind/.unbind from acpi_device_ops
> 	- lays more groundwork for eliminating .start from acpi_device_ops
> 	  and thus simplifying ACPI drivers
> 	- whacks out a lot of code
> 
> This patchset is based on lenb/test (66c74fa1d4).

I'm going to address Bjorn's comments and respin this series.

Thanks.

/ac

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