linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/12] ACPI: add module_acpi

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Message-ID: <20120713081537.GN25330@intel.com>
Date:	Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:15:37 +0300
From:	Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
To:	lenb@...nel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rui.zhang@...el.com,
	khali@...ux-fr.org, ben-linux@...ff.org, w.sang@...gutronix.de,
	dmitry.torokhov@...il.com, eric.piel@...mplin-utc.net,
	mjg@...hat.com, ike.pan@...onical.com, herton@...onical.com,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/12] ACPI: add module_acpi_driver() and convert drivers
 to it

On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 01:59:19PM +0300, Mika Westerberg wrote:
> This is similar than what is done for other busses before (PCI, I2C, SPI,
> platform). It reduces a lot of unnecessary boilerplate code from modules.
> 
> We also remove following redundant check on few drivers:
> 
> 	if (acpi_disabled)
> 		return -ENODEV;
> 
> as this same check is already done at the beginning of
> acpi_bus_register_driver().
> 
> I think these should all go via ACPI tree because they all depend on the
> first patch which adds the macro to the ACPI subsystem.

Len, do you have any comments? Could you consider merging these patches?

Thanks.
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