linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 02/21] libnvdimm, nfit: initial libnvdimm infrastructure and NFIT support

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Date:	Wed, 17 Jun 2015 14:35:23 -0700
From:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
Cc:	"linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
	Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Robert Moore <robert.moore@...el.com>,
	Linux ACPI <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	jmoyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>, Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@...el.com>,
	linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 02/21] libnvdimm, nfit: initial libnvdimm
 infrastructure and NFIT support

On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 2:59 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...ysocki.net> wrote:
> On Thursday, June 11, 2015 04:10:18 PM Dan Williams wrote:
>> A struct nvdimm_bus is the anchor device for registering nvdimm
>> resources and interfaces, for example, a character control device,
>> nvdimm devices, and I/O region devices.  The ACPI NFIT (NVDIMM Firmware
>> Interface Table) is one possible platform description for such
>> non-volatile memory resources in a system.  The nfit.ko driver attaches
>> to the "ACPI0012" device that indicates the presence of the NFIT and
>> parses the table to register a struct nvdimm_bus instance.
>>
>> Cc: <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>
>> Cc: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@...el.com>
>> Cc: Robert Moore <robert.moore@...el.com>
>> Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
>> Acked-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
>
> Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
>

Thanks Rafael!

> [cut]
>
>> +
>> +static struct acpi_driver acpi_nfit_driver = {
>> +     .name = KBUILD_MODNAME,
>> +     .ids = acpi_nfit_ids,
>> +     .flags = ACPI_DRIVER_ALL_NOTIFY_EVENTS,
>
> But this flag is not needed for now IMO.

Indeed, I'll fold the removal in to a v7 when I add the acks and a few
other straggling bug fixes.
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