linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] mfd: kempld-core: Check for DMI definition before ACPI

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Date:   Mon, 16 Nov 2020 06:46:19 +0000
From:   Michael Brunner <Michael.Brunner@...tron.com>
To:     "lee.jones@...aro.org" <lee.jones@...aro.org>
CC:     "linux@...ck-us.net" <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        "sameo@...ux.intel.com" <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
        "mibru@....de" <mibru@....de>,
        "vkrasnov@....rtsoft.ru" <vkrasnov@....rtsoft.ru>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "mvanyulin@....rtsoft.ru" <mvanyulin@....rtsoft.ru>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mfd: kempld-core: Check for DMI definition before ACPI

On Fri, 2020-11-13 at 10:16 +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Nov 2020, Michael Brunner wrote:
> 
> > Change the detection order to priorize DMI table entries over
> > available
> > ACPI entries.
> > 
> > This makes it more easy for product developers to patch product
> > specific
> > handling into the driver.
> > Furthermore it allows to simplify the implementation a bit and
> > especially to remove the need to force synchronous probing.
> > Based on the following commit introduced with v5.10-rc1:
> > commit e8299c7313af ("mfd: Add ACPI support to Kontron PLD driver")
> 
> This section should also be removed from the change log.

No problem, just sent v3.

Thanks,
  Michael