linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/11] hwmon: applesmc: Introduce a register lookup table (rev3)

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Message-ID: <20101110180555.GC18472@ericsson.com>
Date:	Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:05:55 -0800
From:	Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@...csson.com>
To:	Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@...omail.se>
CC:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>,
	"lm-sensors@...sensors.org" <lm-sensors@...sensors.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/11] hwmon: applesmc: Introduce a register lookup
 table (rev3)

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 05:58:03AM -0500, Henrik Rydberg wrote:
> One main problem with the current driver is the inability to quickly
> search for supported keys, resulting in detailed feature maps per
> machine model which are cumbersome to maintain.
> 
> This patch adds a register lookup table, which enables binary search
> for supported keys. The lookup also reduces the io frequency, so the
> original mutex is replaced by locks around the actual io.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@...omail.se>

Applied.

Thanks,
Guenter
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