linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPICA: make acpi_load

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Date:   Thu, 26 Sep 2019 19:35:28 +0300
From:   "Shevchenko, Andriy" <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>
To:     "Schmauss, Erik" <erik.schmauss@...el.com>
Cc:     Nikolaus Voss <nikolaus.voss@...wensteinmedical.de>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        "Moore, Robert" <robert.moore@...el.com>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        Jacek Anaszewski <jacek.anaszewski@...il.com>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Dan Murphy <dmurphy@...com>,
        "linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "devel@...ica.org" <devel@...ica.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "nv@...n.de" <nv@...n.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPICA: make acpi_load_table() return table index

On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 07:09:05PM +0300, Schmauss, Erik wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nikolaus Voss <nikolaus.voss@...wensteinmedical.de>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2019 1:08 AM
> > To: Shevchenko, Andriy <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>; Schmauss, Erik
> > <erik.schmauss@...el.com>; Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...ysocki.net>; Moore,
> > Robert <robert.moore@...el.com>
> > Cc: Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>; Jacek Anaszewski
> > <jacek.anaszewski@...il.com>; Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>; Dan Murphy
> > <dmurphy@...com>; linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org; devel@...ica.org; linux-
> > kernel@...r.kernel.org; nv@...n.de; Nikolaus Voss
> > <nikolaus.voss@...wensteinmedical.de>
> > Subject: [PATCH] ACPICA: make acpi_load_table() return table index
> > 
> Hi Nikolaus,
> 
> > For unloading an ACPI table, it is necessary to provide the index of the table.
> > The method intended for dynamically loading or hotplug addition of tables,
> > acpi_load_table(), should provide this information via an optional pointer to
> > the loaded table index.
> 
> We'll take this patch for ACPICA upstream

Erik,

how about to have also counterpart to acpi_load_table() which will do
what it's done now in acpi_configfs.c via acpi_tb_*() API?

Because it's kinda strange to call acpi_load_table*() and acpi_tb_*()
in the same module.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko