linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/44] qnap-poweroff: Drop reference to pm_power

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Message-ID: <20141007110219.GE24725@leverpostej>
Date:	Tue, 7 Oct 2014 12:02:19 +0100
From:	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
To:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/44] qnap-poweroff: Drop reference to pm_power_off from
 devicetree bindings

On Tue, Oct 07, 2014 at 06:28:09AM +0100, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> Replace reference to pm_power_off (which is an implementation detail)
> and replace it with a more generic description of the driver's functionality.
> 
> Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>
> Cc: Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power_supply/qnap-poweroff.txt | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power_supply/qnap-poweroff.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power_supply/qnap-poweroff.txt
> index af25e77..1e2260a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power_supply/qnap-poweroff.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power_supply/qnap-poweroff.txt
> @@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
>  QNAP NAS devices have a microcontroller controlling the main power
>  supply. This microcontroller is connected to UART1 of the Kirkwood and
>  Orion5x SoCs. Sending the character 'A', at 19200 baud, tells the
> -microcontroller to turn the power off. This driver adds a handler to
> -pm_power_off which is called to turn the power off.
> +microcontroller to turn the power off. This driver installs a handler
> +to power off the system.

I'd remove the last sentence -- the driver is also independent of the
HW, and the description of how the power off works at the HW level is
sufficient.

With that:

Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>

Thanks,
Mark.
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