linux-kernel - Re: [V5 PATCH 1/2] ACPI / scan: Add support for ACPI

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Message-ID: <5512D005.70801@amd.com>
Date:	Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:11:01 -0500
From:	Suravee Suthikulpanit <Suravee.Suthikulpanit@....com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
CC:	<lv.zheng@...el.com>, <hpa@...ux.intel.com>, <lenb@...nel.org>,
	<hdegoede@...hat.com>, <tj@...nel.org>, <arnd@...db.de>,
	<mjg59@...f.ucam.org>, <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	<hanjun.guo@...aro.org>, <al.stone@...aro.org>,
	<graeme.gregory@...aro.org>, <leo.duran@....com>,
	<linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linaro-acpi@...ts.linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [V5 PATCH 1/2] ACPI / scan: Add support for ACPI _CLS device
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On 3/24/15 15:20, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 24, 2015 04:43:46 PM Mika Westerberg wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 09:23:47AM -0500, Suravee Suthikulpanit wrote:
>>> On 3/9/15 10:20, Mika Westerberg wrote:
>>>>> [....]
>>>>> diff --git a/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h b/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
>>>>> index e530533..9a42522 100644
>>>>> --- a/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
>>>>> +++ b/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
>>>>> @@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ struct css_device_id {
>>>>>   struct acpi_device_id {
>>>>>   	__u8 id[ACPI_ID_LEN];
>>>>>   	kernel_ulong_t driver_data;
>>>>> +	__u32 cls;
>>>>
>>>> It would be nice if we could change ordering here but I understand that
>>>> it breaks quite many drivers. Perhaps we should consider creating
>>>> ACPI_DEVICE() macro and convert existing drivers to that at some point.
>>>
>>> Yes, a roughly grep in the drivers directory showing about 112 files at the
>>> moment. If you think this is the right approach going forward, we can work
>>> on cleaning this up on a separate patch series. Please let me know what you
>>> think.
>>
>> I think having ACPI_DEVICE() macro would be pretty useful and it avoids
>> things like this if we need to add new fields in the future. Rafael has
>> the last word, though :-)
>
> I agree.

Okay, how should I organize this big change? Can we do this as a 
separate patch series?

Thanks,
Suravee
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