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Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 11:41:05 -0600 From: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com> To: shuahkhan@...il.com Cc: lenb@...nel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, bhelgaas@...gle.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/7] ACPI: Add _OST support for sysfs eject On Thu, 2012-05-10 at 10:55 -0600, Shuah Khan wrote: > On Thu, 2012-05-10 at 10:34 -0600, Toshi Kani wrote: > > > _OST is the ACPI standard method for the platform to receive the status > > of hotplug operations. Some platforms may require the OS to support > > _OST in order to support ACPI hotplug operations. For instance, if the > > platform has the management console where user can request a hotplug > > operation from, this _OST support would be required for the management > > console to show the result of a hotplug request to user. > > > > This will be a good information capture in the change log. Sounds good. I will add this information to patch 0/1 and 1/1. > Thanks Toshi. It is interesting to have platforms require optional > methods. Guess you can never rule out weirdness in how these Specs. > actually get implemented :) It is optional for platforms to implement it. But when some platforms start implementing it, it is necessary for the OS to support it. :) Thanks, -Toshi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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