linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 5/5] ACPI: bus: Use the matching table, if ACPI driver has it

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Date:   Thu, 25 Aug 2022 20:17:11 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Cc:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 5/5] ACPI: bus: Use the matching table, if ACPI driver
 has it

On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 8:05 PM Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 6:41 PM Andy Shevchenko
> <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > In case we have an ACPI driver, check its ID table for matching,
> > This allows to use some generic device property APIs in such
> > drivers.
>
> No new provisions for ACPI drivers, please.

OK! I will think about how to refactor a driver in question, so it
won't need this kind of trick. Meanwhile patches 1-3 can be applied
independently, if you have no objections.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko