linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] Change ACPI IPMI support to "default y"

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Message-ID: <1394666568.25122.1.camel@x230>
Date:	Wed, 12 Mar 2014 23:22:49 +0000
From:	Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@...ula.com>
To:	"pavel@....cz" <pavel@....cz>
CC:	"lenb@...nel.org" <lenb@...nel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"minyard@....org" <minyard@....org>,
	"rjw@...ysocki.net" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	"linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] Change ACPI IPMI support to "default y"

On Thu, 2014-03-13 at 00:00 +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Tue 2014-02-18 23:15:08, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > For example, if you load the ACPI power meter driver before you've
> > installed the ACPI IPMI driver you'll typically get failures (most
> > vendors implement it via IPMI).
> 
> Would the right solution be to implement dependency between power
> meter and IMPI?

No. The power meter driver knows nothing about IPMI. It makes no IPMI
calls. There's no requirement that a vendor implement it via IPMI.

-- 
Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@...ula.com>