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

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Date:	Wed, 27 Apr 2016 02:00:05 +0000
From:	"Zheng, Lv" <lv.zheng@...el.com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
CC:	"Wysocki, Rafael J" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	"Brown, Len" <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

Hi, Rafael

> From: rjwysocki@...il.com [mailto:rjwysocki@...il.com] On Behalf Of
> Rafael J. Wysocki
> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 4:11 AM
> 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?
[Lv Zheng] 
Exactly!

Thanks
-Lv