linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] ACPI / osi: Cleanup _OSI("Linux") related code before introducing new support

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Date:	Tue, 26 Apr 2016 22:10:40 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To:	Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@...el.com>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>, Lv Zheng <zetalog@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] ACPI / osi: Cleanup _OSI("Linux") related code before
 introducing new support

On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 9:40 AM, Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@...el.com> wrote:
> This patch cleans up OSI code in osl.c in order to make osi_linux not
> _OSI("Linux") specific to allow new features to reuse this structure.

I guess what you mean here is something like:

Clean up OSI code in osl.c to make osi_linux work for OSI strings
other than "Linux", so it can be re-used for other purposes.

Is that correct?